Sentences with phrase «natural predator and prey»
Even worse is the nature footage Besson cuts in during the initial stages of Lucy's «recruitment,» which features natural predators and their prey.
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Metabolism isn't just for individual organisms: Researchers apply the term to the processes through which entire natural ecosystems acquire and maintain (or lose) resilience, such as predator - prey balance and levels of photosynthesis.
Natural selection favors predators that are better at capturing prey, prey that have better defenses, and individuals that compete better against other species.
colorful traits are therefore subject to opposing selection pressures: positive sexual selection by conspecifics (increased mating success) and negative natural selection by predators (higher predation risk) and prey (lowered hunting success).
The researchers finally used the data together with previously known color vision of the bird predator, and the fruit fly prey, to model how visible the wing coloration is in natural environments.
The wasps do not have their natural predators, and Spurr believes they may be upsetting the ecological balance by preying on native insects and young birds, and by competing for food.
Yet, we don't fully understand how the increased salinity in vernal pools will interact with natural stressors (e.g., predator - prey and competitive interactions) of aquatic communities under natural conditions.
Cats are natural born predators and do enjoy «stalking» their human owners and pretending that their fingers or ankles are prey.
As natural predators, they know the weak and ill become prey so their instincts are to cover up any signs of weakness.
Prey drive is a natural instinct because dogs are predators and hunters — this is something the human has in common with the dog.
If the unmanaged predator range is limited (by fiat rather than natural barriers), this will lead to a prey species deficit and probably inward migration.
«It's almost an argument for rewilding places to make sure that the natural balance of predators and prey are there,» Schmitz says.