Sentence examples for foraging ground from inspiring English sources

Here, we apply a spatially-explicit framework based on the stochastic dynamic methodology (StDM) principles to capture the trends of relevant population foraging ground attributes, assumed as proxies of the habitat suitability for two endangered Portuguese chough populations.

Nomadic Arab "settlers" have appropriated the lands of African farmers, and either used them as foraging ground for their livestock or claimed them as a means of increasing their wealth.

Our results indicated a trade-off between higher nest-site availability in the center and longer distances to larger open green space as optimal foraging ground.

The need to increase duration of foraging trips due to distant foraging grounds during lactation has selected for an adapted otariid mammary gland, which remains functional despite sustained interruptions in suckling activity.

The city's hedgerows, brownfield sites, parks, meadows and reserves can all be used as foraging grounds.

Dams cause major habitat loss for freshwater and riparian species, flooding habitat and foraging grounds for some, but also taking away breeding and hatching grounds downstream, as well as reducing important triggers for events like spawning.

An important site for grey and common seals to "haul out" on the sand to mate and rest, it provides foraging grounds for birds and the seabed is home to blue mussels and ross worm reefs.

Many temperate-zone bats, for example, undertake extensive migrations, although other bat species hibernate near their summer foraging grounds in caves or other equable shelters during severe weather when insects are not available.

And between mileposts 85 and 87, cautious drivers can catch sight of rare Webster's salamanders crossing the road en masse after winter rains as they head from foraging grounds on limestone outcroppings to ephemeral breeding pools.

Even so, flight allows murres to flee predators and zip between nest and foraging grounds.

Nevertheless, little evidence exists to indicate that the lakes' ecological values as waterbird foraging grounds were compromised by partial regulation.