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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All these spikes evolved originally as a way of preventing predation by larger fish.
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Below low water mark, predation by lobsters may be significant.
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It is a reflex born of predation by voracious crabs that nip at the tender tubeworm plumes with their claws.
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It would therefore appear that the ensuring of successful pollination must override the importance of losses due to seed predation .
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The abandonment of trees makes the species, especially the young, prone to ground predation .
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The effects of this predation could be devastating.
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This odd reversal of polygyny has been attributed to a very high rate of ground predation whereby clutches are easily lost.
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Under natural conditions some bands die out due to severe drought, disease, or increased predation .