Preposition: on

• lamb: According to the Ministry of Agriculture, predation on lambs by foxes is ' insignificant ' .

• livestock: For foxes, people wanted to cull mainly for perceptions of predation on livestock, game, and so on.

• bird: Public opinion demanded that the predation on the birds must stop.

Converse of object

• suffer: Leave shed seeds on the soil surface to germinate, die or suffer predation.

• reduce: Constructing pipe chambers for cover for chicks, weeding existing shingle areas, remove tree growth to reduce predation of chicks.

• avoid: However, finding a safe roost site for the daylight hours is essential to avoid predation.

Adjective modifier

• increased: This will lead to increased predation, which in turn will lead to the need for increased control.

• natural: Natural predation is easier to encourage in deep mulch beds.

Modifies a noun

• risk: For bishops, predation risk may be greatest in bright light.

• pressure: Current predator control activities being employed by landowners and farmers have a local beneficial impact by reducing predation pressure by mink.

Noun used with modifier

• cormorant: Research findings to date show that procedures such as creating safe environments for fish from cormorant predation are not the solution to all problems.

• mink: Fox and mink predation are a major source of irritation.

• raptor: These budgets are becoming increasingly difficult to meet with raptor predation on the increase.

• fox: Farmers in upland areas may be losing upwards of 5 % of lambs to fox predation.

• seed: There's really no downside to seed predation that we've observed.

• livestock: Animal welfare Livestock predation is clearly not conducive to animal welfare.

Preposition: by

• mink: A further threat is predation by feral American mink.

• fox: Poultry Farms Our demand for free range eggs is growing, but are these birds at risk of predation by foxes?

• cat: We have left the bell on some collars because the RSPB reported that bells also helped to reduce predation by cats on birds.

• bird: However for most species, erratic germination and predation by birds and animals means this method is wasteful of time and space.