The phrase "amount of dung" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the quantity or volume of dung, often in contexts related to agriculture, waste management, or environmental discussions.
Example: "The farmer reported an increased amount of dung produced by the livestock this season, which he plans to use as fertilizer."
Alternatives: "quantity of dung" or "volume of dung".
Moreover, we analyzed the response of females on two levels, namely the amount of dung they provided to their offspring, and the body size and horn allometry of their male offspring.
Cattle density was independently considered in the models because of the greater amount of dung production compared to other domestic ruminants.
Moreover, our results indicate that this maternal effect on male weaponry does not operate through the amount of dung provided by females to their offspring, but is rather transmitted through egg or brood mass composition.
In order to investigate whether females responded to the treatments by adjusting the amount of dung they provided to each offspring, we evaluated the effects of pre-mating group (L or H), mating group (S or M), female body weight, and all possible interactions on the weight of brood masses produced.
The extracts produced in this way have properties similar to those of humic substances, but the yield was not too big and the amount of unextracted dung remained high.
"It's pretty obvious there's probably a fair amount of 'donkey dung' probably on this incident," he said.
A large amount of horse dung has been found in a well at a Roman fort in Lancaster, Lancashire, which was a base for cavalry units in the 1st and 2nd centuries.
Body size in S. cynipsea is heritable [ 62, 66], but highly phenotypically plastic, depending on temperature and the amount of larval food (dung) available [ 67].
In many poor, rural parts of the world, a large amount of energy comes from burning wood, dung and crop residues to heat buildings and cook food.
The distinction on abundance of dung beetles among fragments may be related to different amount of resource available in each one.
Table 1 Percent of types of solids present in the feed stock Type of feed stock Total solids TS Volatile solids VS (% of TS) Cow dung 8.5 80 Domestic waste 10 80 Table 2 Biogas yield respective to feed stock Type of feed stock Amount of slurry Biogas yield (m 3 ) Cow dung 20 kg 0.18 Domestic waste 10 kg 0.17 Figure 3 Total solids vs volatile solids.
