Sentence examples for breeding schedules from inspiring English sources

They track breeding schedules so that they can get to a nest early, when the contents of the eggs are still liquid and the shells thicker and less likely to fracture.

The shifts in breeding schedules coincided with an increase in nighttime air temperatures of more than 1.2 °C (about 2 °F) from 1979 to 2008 for the September-to-March prereproductive and reproductive periods.

The team compiled 34 scientific papers that measured shifts over time in exploited species' breeding schedules, overall size, or size of specific body parts.

Of the 68 sanderling nests found in 2007 and 2008, we obtained useful data on breeding schedules of 34 clutches.

The significant interactions between breeding strategy and ambient temperature at the level of hour indicates that breeding schedules of uniparentals were affected by ambient temperatures, whereas they were not in biparentals (Table 1, Fig. 4).

This study reports on a within-species comparison of breeding schedules and metal egg temperatures in uni- and biparental sanderlings (Calidris alba) in Northeast Greenland in relation to ambient temperature.

On top of that, he had a staff of six, to help with cleaning, feeding, breeding, scheduling, and training, and a small fleet of trucks and trailers.

Instead, controlling for variation in clutch initiation date (and thus, breeding schedule), the change in carotenoid levels of individuals over our two sampling points was strongly and positively tied to seasonal reproductive success (total number of fledged young) even when accounting for variation in coloration (Table 3; Figure 3).

To provide a potential explanation for the lack of LacZ staining in GIT epithelium of these mice, Dr. Ito suggests a breeding schedule-mediated exon-skipping in his correspondence.

Record keeping is extremely important in an operation where it's necessary to have a year-round calving and breeding schedule, and also to know when and what cows need to have a drying-up period prior to calving.

The gentoo, which has a circumpolar distribution, is notable for its lack of synchrony among populations, but otherwise its breeding schedule is essentially comparable to that of most other species.