Sentences with phrase «predation free»

According to the bible, a storm free and predation free nature system should return after the earth gets back to a paradise status (this required an «event» again, called armageddon)

Not exact matches

Predation risk, unequal competitors and the ideal free distribution.

T. C. Grand and L. M. Dill — 1999 (4) Keywords: habitat selection, ideal free distribution, predation risk, unequal competitors

Starring Matthew McConaughey «s sneer, «Free State of Jones» tells the true story of Newton Knight, a man who deserted the Confederate Army during the Civil War and created his own militia of other deserters and freed slaves who fought back against the Rebs and their predations on poor local land owners.

In his presentation Feral and Free - ranging Cats and Urban Birds, Steve Holzman, South Atlantic Geographic Area Data Manager for USFWS, argued that if the goal of PIF is to «keep common birds common,» predation by cats simply can't be ignored.

Undoubtedly, there will be little talk of how TNR programs sterilize the cats, thus curtailing future free - roaming cat population growth, and how fewer cats logically equals less predation.

Predation by free - roaming cats only adds to the much more significant risks that birds face due to habitat destruction and climate change.

Mitchell, J.C. and Beck, R.A., «Free - Ranging Domestic Cat Predation on Native Vertebrates in Rural and Urban Virginia.»

Nevertheless, if we want to better understand the impact of free - roaming cats on wildlife, we can not ignore the distinction between — and inherent implications of — these two types of predation.

According to their brochure, Domestic Cat Predation on Birds and Other Wildlife (PDF), «extensive studies of the feeding habits of domestic, free - roaming cats... show that approximately... 20 to 30 percent [of their diet] are birds.»

Clearly, these two are eager to talk about domestic cats (see, for example, Clinchy's comments in ScienceNOW and Zanette's in the Winnipeg Free Press), even when their work has nothing at all to do with them (or, given the absurd methods employed, real - world predation in general).

[11](USFWS misrepresents this, too, in its Predator Management Plan, once again omitting the number of mortalities: «Free - roaming domestic cat predation accounted for 50 percent of adult Lower Keys marsh rabbit mortality during radio telemetry studies...» [9]-RRB-

Impressive Estimates In «Free - Ranging Domestic Cat Predation on Native Vertebrates in Rural and Urban Virginia,» [2] published in 1992, the authors estimated that the state's 1,048,704 cats were killing between 3,146,112 and 26,217,600 songbirds each year.

Among those that have gained the most currency are the predation estimates from the Wisconsin Study, the American Bird Conservancy's figure for the proportion of birds in the diets of free - roaming cats, and Dauphiné and Cooper's estimate of free - roaming cats in the U.S.

These findings raise additional questions about the often - implied connection between predation by free - roaming cats and declining bird numbers.

Whatever ills one might associate (rightly or wrongly) with free roaming cats — whether public health concerns, wildlife predation, or anything else — it's clear that these problems can not be addressed in a comprehensive manner without the stabilization and eventual reduction in the level of the community cat population.

Free - roaming cats and dogs can be victims of hunger, exposure to the elements, sickness and injury, predation, car accidents, and illegal acts of cruelty committed by people.

Now, if, as Schroeder claims, there are «well - documented impacts of cat predation on wildlife,» how could the inevitable increase in the free - roaming cat population possibly be a benefit?

According to ABC's brochure, «Domestic Cat Predation on Birds and Other Wildlife» (downloadable from their website), «extensive studies of the feeding habits of domestic, free - roaming cats... show that approximately... 20 to 30 percent [of their diet] are birds.»

Reporting on their study of free - roaming cats in Brooklyn, Calhoon and Haspel write: «Although birds and small rodents are plentiful in the study area, only once in more than 180 [hours] of observations did we observe predation.»

Research by Environment and Climate Change Canada found that the top human - related impacts on birds are due to predation by free - roaming cats (feral and owned outdoor cats).

For years now, ABC has been promoting erroneous and misleading information (e.g., baseless feral cat population numbers, exaggerated / erroneous predation rates, etc.) in their tireless effort to vilify free - roaming cats.

Migratory birds could be subject to predation from State municipality, or land manager - authorized cat colonies and free - ranging feral or pet cats.

Baker, P.J., Molony, S.E., Stone, E. et al. (2008) Cats about town: is predation by free - ranging pet cats Felis catus likely to affect urban bird populations?

[FN8] Second, free - roaming cats take a tremendous toll on native wildlife populations by direct predation and by competition.

As a result, it's frequently in danger of predation, especially by an increasing number of free - roaming and feral cats.