Sentence examples for estimates of forage from inspiring English sources

We found that the most commonly available monitoring data were permittee-reported livestock numbers and season-of-use data (71% of allotments) followed by repeat photo points (58%), estimates of forage utilization (52%), and, finally, quantitative vegetation measurements (37%).

The field site was situated on the edge of Stirling University campus, from where ornamental gardens, deciduous woodland and mixed farmland were available within 500 m radius (a conservative estimate of foraging range for this species, see [ 40, 41].

Our measured flight distances exceed many previous estimates of bumblebee foraging ranges and suggest that travelling long distances to food resources may be common.

This translation produces estimates of plant foraging parameters for the Holling disc equation that are in the correct units and maintain the correct theoretical interpretation for plant foraging (Table  1).

It has been estimated that 1/3 of forage grass is harvested drier than the optimum moisture content while another 1/3 is harvested while too wet.

Although our review of the recent history of political and socioeconomic developments in kiang habitat and our estimates of density and forage consumption of kiang and livestock bring to light interesting dimensions of the kiang human conflict, the current level of understanding of the kiang's ecology and its relationships with livestock is still very preliminary.

Table 2 Ordinary least square estimates for the drivers of forage availability Driver of forage availability β Std.

While estimates of average hunter/gatherer foraging ranges can appear extensive (e.g., Table 1), hunter/gatherers did not range far and had reduced energy expenditure when food was close at hand.

We then estimated the number of foraging individuals by dividing the total number of unmarked visits by the estimate for the number of visits per bumblebee.

"This will allow us to estimate both whether the amount of forage in a given habitat is sufficient and also whether it is nutritionally 'complete'," explains Wright.

Efficiency of forage utilization was estimated similarly as kilograms of DMI per kilogram of gain and kilograms.