Sentences with phrase «predator populations tend»
In general, predator populations tend to track prey populations, not the other way around.
http://www.realclimate.org/ Not exact matches
The changes in biomass are worrying, says Michael Hirshfield, chief scientist of the advocacy group Oceana, based in Washington, D.C. Populations of small fish tend to boom and bust — making ecosystems less stable — much more when the ranks of top predators have been gutted.
Therefore predator population density will tend to be higher in the exclusion zone.