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Record 1 2009-10-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecology (General)
CONT

Consumers may be generalists (polyphagous) taking a wide variety of prey species, although often with a rank order of acceptability amongst the food that they take.

OBS

prey species: term used by Environment Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
CONT

Les populations d'espèces proie conditionnent le taux de croissance de leurs espèces prédatrices car elles leur fournissent les aliments nécessaires au développement et à la reproduction des individus qui s'en nourrissent

OBS

espèce proie : terme en usage à Environnement Canada.

Spanish

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