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Hyperpredation

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secondary predationnoun(biology, ecology) A form of predation when one predator feeds on a second predator, which has in turn already consumed a target prey.
macropredationnounpredation among macropredators
micropredationnoun(biology) predation among microorganisms
indirect predationnoun(biology, ecology) A nonconsumptive suppression of prey by a predator.
kleptopredationnoun(biology, ecology) A feeding strategy where a predator hunts other predators who have recently fed on prey, thus eating both the prey animal and the prey's own undigested prey/food. The predator chooses prey who have fed recently, and ignores those who have not fed recently.
predatorismnoun(biology) The characteristic of being a predator.
hyperparasitismnoun(biology) Parasitism by one parasite upon another.
hypercannibalismnoun(biology) feeding on organisms that are, themselves cannibals
predator satiationnoun(biology) A reproduction strategy where a prey species produces many individuals in a group or cohort at a time that overwhelms the effect of predation of individuals, by satiating all predators and still having a large population remaining to continue the species until the next reproduction event.
hypercompetitionnoun(economics, biology) An elevated level of competition (between companies or organisms)
hyperadaptationnoun(biology) A greater than normal (evolutionary) adaptation.
mobbingnounGroup bullying.
kleptoparasitismnoun(zoology) The parasitic theft of captured prey, nest material, etc., from animals of the same or another species.
predatosomenoun(genetics) A group of genes common to early predators
biomanipulationnounthe deliberate alteration of an ecosystem by adding or removing species, especially predators
pseudoparasitismnoun(biology) parasitism by a pseudoparasite
hyperdominancenoun(ecology) The condition of being hyperdominant
hyperregulationnoun(biology) excessive regulation
kleptobiosisnounThe practice, among some social insects, of stealing food from others
counteradaptationnounadaptation that counters a change to an organism's environment

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