Assertion: coyote | /r/HasProperty | absent
Facets:
value: because of competition
type: CAUSE
value: due to differing habitat usages
type: CAUSE
value: previously
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: The coyote competes with several other carnivores, especially in the northeast, where coyotes were previously absent.
text: In northeastern Mexico, cougar predation on coyotes continues apace but coyotes were absent from the prey spectrum of sympatric jaguars, apparently due to differing habitat usages.
text: When coyotes are absent or even just greatly reduced in a natural area, the relationships between species below them in the web are altered, putting many small species at risk.
text: Because of competition, coyotes are absent or scarce where wolves are abundant, and foxes are similarly less abundant where coyotes are numerous.