Glossary P
Deutsch: Umwelt-Druck / Español: Presión Ambiental / Português: Pressão Ambiental / Français: Pression Environnementale / Italiano: Pressione Ambientale /
In the environmental context, pressure refers to the various stresses and human activities that can have negative impacts on the natural environment.
Deutsch: Beute / Español: Presa / Português: Presa / Français: Proie / Italiano: Preda
Prey refers to animals that are hunted, captured, and eaten by predators in the food web. In the environmental context, prey species play a crucial role in maintaining the Balance of ecosystems by serving as a food source for predators. The dynamics between predators and their prey are fundamental to regulating population sizes, influencing species distribution, and driving natural selection and evolutionary processes.