For example, red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in northern Sweden prey on voles, grouse, ... Predators, prey, plants, and parasites all influence changes in population sizes over time.

Under ideal circumstances, seeds grow to become plants. However, consumption of a seed kills the plant before it can grow, making seed consumption an example of predation. Not all predators are ...

For example, plants produce a plethora of chemicals that taste bad or serve as a poison to herbivores. These chemicals are effective in deterring the feeding of most general insect herbivores.

Geneticists have developed an effective method for identifying the plant genes that produce the chemical ammunition plants use to protect themselves from predation and is a natural source of many ...

Plant vs. Predator. Once every 48 years, ... Are oak trees and their periodic "masting" of acorns another example of this among plants? Yes. In the old days, ...

Bears, for example, grab salmon out of rivers and eat them on the banks; the leftovers decay and add nutrients to the soil that help plants grow. "It's just a type of connecting-the-dots in nature ...

The finding suggests that the plant is the latest example in a growing ... Section D, Page 2 of the New York edition with the headline: Uneasy Being Seen: This Plant Evolved to Hide From a Predator.

While it’s common for humans to prompt plant adaption indirectly—changing the environment, for example, and thus prompting adaption—this presents a rarer, direct human-to-plant relationship.