predation
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When the research team applied population models to the data, the results showed that puma predation alone was unlikely to drive the Monte Leon penguin colony to extinction.
From Science Daily
This breakdown is driven by biological activity, including predation, clumping of particles, and microbial respiration.
From Science Daily
"By allowing such a right or duty to persist, we are collectively giving our approval to a system of domination and predation by husband on wife," said the bill's sponsor, Green MP Marie-Charlotte Garin.
From BBC
While it might be possible to reintroduce lynx, he says, "lynx predation could only ever be a small part of the annual cull required to keep numbers in check".
From BBC
"It is one of the most unbelievable stories of our time - power, privilege, predation."
From BBC
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