Assertion: prairie dog | /r/CapableOf | compete with cattle
Facets:
value: by clipping vegetation
type: MANNER
value: for vegetation
type: PURPOSE
value: indirectly
type: MANNER
value: for rangelands
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: for forage
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Although they are reported to compete with cattle and sheep for forage, there is actually little dietary overlap with these species.
text: Many ranchers mistakenly believe prairie dogs compete with cattle for rangelands, when in reality they have a symbiotic relationship whereby prairie dogs serve as natural fertilizers, improving the forage for cattle while cattle grazing allows prairie dog colonies to expand.
text: Unfortunately, when ranchers declared war on the prairie dog because its burrow holes were a menace to livestock and it competed with cattle for vegetation, the ranchers also in-advertently attacked the ferret.
text: Although direct dietary competition between prairie dogs and cattle for the same plants may not be significant, prairie dogs also indirectly compete with cattle by clipping vegetation without consuming it.