Sentences with phrase «of predation»

Coco Fusco performs Observations of Predation in Humans: A Lecture by Dr. Zira, Animal Psychologist as part of Radical Presence: Black Performance in Contemporary Art at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN.

-- In a one - off performance at the fair, internationally acclaimed Cuban / American artist Coco Fusco will give the UK premiere of Observations of Predation in Humans: A Lecture by Dr. Zira, co-commissioned with Liverpool Biennial.

They found that species that have evolved noxious sprays as a defense, such as skunks, tend to be nocturnal and subject to predation by other mammals, whereas socially vigilant species, such as mongooses, tend to be diurnal and at risk of predation by birds of prey.

Monitoring indicated that, none returned to the islands.5 Today the occasional golden eagle visits the islands, but the level of predation on island foxes is negligible; all three island fox subspecies in the park are recovering rapidly.

A related concept, the mesopredator release hypothesis, predicts that the removal of apex predators leads to the irruption of mesopredators with concomitant declines in the abundances of their prey owing to elevated rates of predation by mesopredators [10].

First, we conducted growth trials at five temperatures crossed with two levels of predation risk (fish predator present versus absent) and measured growth rates, consumption rates, assimilation efficiencies, and production efficiencies of 107 individual damselflies.

Calver, M., et al., «Reducing the rate of predation on wildlife by pet cats: The efficacy and practicability of collar - mounted pounce protectors.»

With the help of the electric fence, we have almost eliminated the threat of predation by coyotes, which had been quite a problem in years past.

This activity uses a model of the Virtual Ecosystem with three species in it: grass, rabbits, and hawks, enabling the students to explore the effect of predation on the prey population.

Stankowich et al. used natural history data, including range overlap with potential predators, body size, and activity patterns, in conjunction with comparative phylogenetic analyses on 181 species of mammals to identify patterns of predation risk that could have contributed to the evolution of these two defensive strategies.

Fear of predation involves a response to predation risk, whereby prey react to predator presence — or even to the mere threat of it.

«Tiny «vampires»: Paleobiologist finds evidence of predation in ancient microbial ecosystems: Evidence dates back more than 740 million years.»

Plant defenses increase survival and / or reproduction (fitness) of plants under pressure of predation from herbivores.

Since 1989, the number of animals in the Delta herd has plummeted from 10 700 to 4500, partly because of predation by wolves and bears, but also because a run of bad weather has meant cows in the herd have produced fewer calves.

The rise of predation at this time put large, sedentary Ediacaran animals at a big disadvantage.

Not only are native males wasting their time trying to mate with a different species, they are also at high risk of predation for their efforts.

The Commonwealth Environmental Water Office contracted the CSIRO to undertake a short - term monitoring project to assess the impacts of predation on breeding colonies, where waterbirds forage and roost, and their dispersal patterns after breeding.

Another big part of the predation elimination plan is the role of humans.

That type of predation selects for rodents that hide under brush.

The arid climate with hot and cold temperature extremes, long tracts of expansive grazing terrain, and the constant danger of predation made unique circumstances for Aussies.

Nelson, S.H., Evans, A.D., and Bradbury, R.B., «The efficacy of collar - mounted devices in reducing the rate of predation of wildlife by domestic cats.»

Bringing together the observed macaque behavior and environmental conditions, we interpret the variation seen in macaque stone tool selection and shellfish characteristics on Koram and NomSao Islands as the result of a feedback loop driven by the level of predation pressure.

[7] Even high rates of predation do not equate to population declines.

Coco Fusco's performance Observation of Predation in Humans: A Lecture by Dr. Zira, Animal Psychologist as part of the exhibition Radical Presence: Black Performance in Contemporary Art the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts reviewed by Jonathan Curiel in SF Weekly.

The issue of predation on livestock in South Africa is complex and contentious, and it has been challenging to determine how best to reduce livestock losses without adversely affecting wildlife welfare and biodiversity.

How was radio - tracking used to distinguish predation from other forms of mortality — or, more to the point, predation by cats from other forms of predation?

«It would also be great to apply this type of experiment to other questions, such as how different environments affect the amount of predation that prey animals experience.»

According to a new theory of predation — published late last year in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)-- humans sharply reduced the orcas» main source of food in the 1950s with the postwar explosion of industrial whaling.

According to Douglas Smith, leader of the Yellowstone Gray Wolf Restoration Project, the concept of predation risk eludes easy definition.

One of the most powerful indirect effects of predation involves mesopredator release.

The threat of predation makes the blenny fish seek refuge outside of water, where they are safer, perhaps retracing steps of first land - dwelling animals

Their results imply that males, but not females, pay a high cost when using color to communicate with other damselflies, both in terms of predation risk and visibility to prey.

Though the team of specialists who conducted the study says its evidence is indirect, it is consistent with the idea that humans sped the species» extinction through some combination of predation, competition for resources, habitat destruction and introduction of invasive species.

During the same time period, 60 percent of predation of 23 sage thrasher nest depredations caught on camera was caused by rodents, including deer mice (eight), chipmunks (eight) and ground squirrels (four).

Living in shoals allows fish to reduce the risk of predation [4]--[7] and the energetic costs of their motion [8]--[11].

(Oda's not the first one to mistake this for an estimate of predation across the country, however; Frank Gill made the same error in his book Ornithology.

The true failures of predation rise into the air and get away unscathed.

An internationally acclaimed political scientist and feminist of Reunionese background, Vergès is the author of numerous books on postcolonial theory, creolisation, psychoanalysis, slavery and the economy of predation, Frantz Fanon and Aimé Césaire.

Without large - scale tests, the concept of predation elimination remains theoretical.

There is no easy way to accurately measure feral cat predation, due to the nature of the predation and the fact that cat predation varies a lot by habitat and from cat to cat.

In a study published five years prior to «Landowners and Cat Predation,» Barratt concluded, «predicted rates of predation greater than about ten prey per year generally over-estimated predation observed.»

It is the only evidence ever found of predation at a sauropod nesting site, and a rare example of a non-dinosaur preying on a dinosaur.

Restoring a level of predation into the ecosystem was part of the reason for reintroducing the wolves.

Counting Cats and Counting Birds In both studies, the authors quantified the impact of cat predation on bird populations by comparing different levels of predation with different bird densities.

The amended lawsuit makes the stark claim that SGM leaders «conspired, and continue to conspire, to permit sexual deviants to have unfettered access to children for purposes of predation, and to obstruct justice by covering up ongoing and past predation.»

No accountability and enabling of predation on what we should always protect, our children.