Example sentences of "of other species " in BNC.
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| 1 | It includes the presence of other animals that may be predators or competitors for food , animals of other species that may communicate with it in finding food or raising an alarm , and individuals of its own species that interact with it in many ways , competitively , nepotistically , and in co-operation . |
| 2 | Ammophila may occur on its own or with a variety of other species such as Festuca rubra and Senecio jacobea ( Huiskes , 1979 ) . |
| 3 | Quite a range of other species may occur , especially ferns . |
| 4 | And even though each individual temperate tree may support a host of other species ( scores of different insects on an oak , for example ) the total list of temperate forest animals is also many hundreds of times lower than in tropical forests . |
| 5 | One of the great challenges now for ecologists , planners , economists and politicians is to reconcile the aspirations of humans with the needs of other species . |
| 6 | For if the environmental movement fails in its objectives , we risk sinking into a post-industrial Dark Age in which human interests will , once again , eclipse those of other species . |
| 7 | I do not see the theological basis on which we can go on saying that the human species is of such overwhelming and unique and colossal significance that it justifies as a matter of course the institutional exploitation of billions of other species . |
| 8 | Coleman 's view was that a sound basis of training in diseases of the horse would enable the veterinarian to acquire equal skill in the diseases of other species . |
| 9 | These ponds support a significant population of wintering wildfowl , principally Mallard , Tufted Duck and Pochard , with smaller numbers of other species . |
| 10 | The species rarely nests in extensive grass marshes , where , during much systematic study of other species , there have been only four recent summer records . |
| 11 | However , its status on the Downs is now obscured by large introductions of other species of the genus , namely A. graeca and a hybrid , A. graeca x A. rufa , known as an ‘ Ogridge ’ . |
| 12 | Most passage , however , occurs from mid-April to mid-May , when a marked movement along the coast , usually associated with passage of other species such as Bar-tailed Godwits , Scoter , or terns , takes place . |
| 13 | Once a young killer has attacked one individual with this wing pattern , it will not only avoid other members of that species but also members of other species that look superficially like it . |
| 14 | Another way in which the cat 's sound system appears much more complex than that of other species is in the degree of variation that can be applied to a single type of call . |
| 15 | Being of this nature , plants therefore automatically respond , to some degree , to the emotional and inner qualities of other species . |
| 16 | The individual sounds of other species may not be so readily recognized purely from instinct , though it seems highly likely that the unborn infant , while still in the mother 's womb , especially in its latter days , would be able to hear such external sounds and be aware of its mother 's response . |
| 17 | Many naturalists and others are well aware that the content of one 's own mind determines the way in which not only members of our own species react to us but also those of other species , too . |
| 18 | ‘ Stallions , bulls , rams , rats , guinea pigs , porcupines , cats , dogs , Apes , and males of other species may come to full erection almost instantaneously upon contact with a sexual object , ’ reported Kinsey . |
| 19 | Botia macracantha is tolerant of other species , and does best in a shoal of its own kind . |
| 20 | In nature they are found living singly , in pairs , or in small groups depending on the size of the host and are happy in the aquarium whichever of these alternatives you adopt , although it is wise when keeping a number together to restrict these to one species , as most clownfish species are mutually intolerant of other species of their family and will not share living space or an anemone host . |
| 21 | ‘ Largemouth ’ is now almost extinct in the lake , and it is estimated that probably 50% of other species are also now extinct due to the introduction of the predatory Nile Perch as a food fish some 40 years ago . |
| 22 | But their hunting is qualitatively different to that of other species — animal or superhuman . |
| 23 | Though cuckoos are well known for laying their eggs in the nests of other species , more species of the cuckoo family build nests and incubate their eggs than do not There are in fact 80 species that act as true parents to their young . |
| 24 | This crucial transition can take tadpoles of other species — those that develop in cold mountain streams , for example — two or even three years to complete . |
| 25 | The stinging cells of some anemones and corals are quite capable of killing their neighbours allowing one species to completely dominate a part of the reef to the exclusion of other species . |
| 26 | So far we have considered how natural language might have developed that complexity which sets it off so dramatically from the signalling systems of other species . |
| 27 | A successful adaptive response by one species is assumed to occur at the expense of other species , which must either adapt by themselves speciating or become extinct , as the ‘ quality ’ of their environment is reduced . |
| 28 | Since we believe that all variations in behavioural capacity reflect underlying variations in the nervous system , we have to accept that the human brain is , in some way , different from that of other species . |
| 29 | We may not know exactly how evolution took place , but it is at least now clear that humanity evolved in some way from the higher apes ; that there were female and male of other species on the earth before the appearance of women and men . |
| 30 | The vast flocks of gulls at rubbish tips do not normally compete for food resources with other birds , but black-headed gulls do sometimes take advantage of other species ' food-finding skills . |