Sentence examples for decrease foraging from inspiring English sources

For example, prey/host individuals avoid risky habitats, decrease foraging in general, reach smaller body size or require a longer development time [ 8].

Swimming crab significantly decreased foraging time budgets when a conspecific competitor appeared.

However these responses may be species specific: Tammar wallabies increased vigilance and decreased foraging following playback of foot stomps [18].

In fact we show that despite ad libitum provision of food throughout both day and night, this decreased foraging time observed during daylight was accompanied by a spontaneous decrease in the total food intake (up to 70%) leading to a decrease in body mass (between 8 and 15%) and wing loading in all three duck species ([30] Zimmer, unpublished data).

During this period, body condition of socially mature males declines due to increased energy expenditure and decreased foraging time [ 26].

Ocean warming redistributes prey decreasing foraging success of females, which in turn leads to lower weaning mass of pups.

They showed that adding UV absorbent blue paint to albino sepals and guard petals that typically reflect UV enhanced visitation and decreased foraging time.

Reichard and Kunz (Reichard and Kunz, 2009) suggested that membrane wounds negatively affect the physiology of bat wings, thereby limiting flight performance decreasing foraging success.

Altered behaviors, such as a change in temperament (e.g., lack of fear of humans/unknown, decreased foraging, or predatory activity), are routinely observed in captive animals (McDougall et al. 2006).

Therefore, melanistic individuals might experience a higher predation rate (e.g. [ 10, 11, 19]), possibly leading to increased stress and decreased foraging efficiency, which in turn could negatively impact their body condition (e.g. [ 10, 20, 21]).

Alternatively, it is possible that P. barbatus foragers in field colonies show an age-related decrease in foraging expression similar to the decrease documented in bumblebees [ 12].