Sentence examples for forage time from inspiring English sources

It is possible that above this size, handling and forage time for selective browsing exceeded some metabolic threshold when an animal is limited to lower-canopy browse.

The algorithm provides faster foraging time when food is close to nest and slower foraging time when food is far away.

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

A positive correlation between increased foraging time and improvement of feather score was hypothesised.

We conclude that ewes allocated foraging time along a series of similar movement efforts irrespective of forage availability at small patches.

Frost seeding will return legumes to the pastures; dividing the pasture into at least four paddocks will provide forages time to rest and regrow through the growing season.

Furthermore, increases in resource dispersion may reduce animal foraging time in small patches, and increase movements and home ranges of animals to acquire sufficient resources (the resource dispersion hypothesis).

Vigilance limits foraging time, however.

Foraging time and general activity in the wild did not appear to affect pacing or infant mortality.

Instead, the negative correlations of both sleep states with basal metabolic rate and diet are consistent with trade-offs between sleep and foraging time.

The intervening foraging time was not considered for cost calculations.