Sentence examples for foraging means from inspiring English sources

Moreover, the relatively simple neck and skull mobility required in terrestrial foraging means that, unlike most other purported feeding styles, the stiff azhdarchid neck and ventrally oriented occiput do not present mechanical problems for this feeding method, as only slight flexion of the anterior neck vertebrae will fully lower the jaws to the substrate.

We interpreted these three states as resting on the water (mean speed = 0.3 ms−1), directed flight (mean speed = 6.7 ms−1) and foraging (mean speed = 1.8 ms−1.8

During this period, bees successfully foraged (mean nectar foraging rate of 230.5±44.1 mg h−1, Fig. 3) at temperatures as low as 3°C.

During the same period bats were captured in colony 2 at night, when they left for foraging, by means of a net that entirely covered the entrance of the cave.

Forage means to search.

In the winter of 2006/2007, 14 foragers from colony B were recorded performing a total of 261 nectar foraging bouts (mean 18.6±2.9 SEM bouts per bee).

At two weeks of foraging, the mean fungal garden mass per worker was 77% greater for colonies foraging on leaves with low relative to high endophyte loads.

Although DIS birds foraged more efficiently than ADV birds on free food (mean DIS foraging efficiency > mean ADV foraging efficiency in three of four trials), the difference between treatments was not present for CFL (Fig. 4).

Many used to complain bitterly to state officials about elk and other game eating forage meant for their cattle.

The observed thorax temperatures of nectar foragers (means ∼34 36 °C) are a bit lower than those of bees foraging 0.25 0.5 m sucrose solution (means ∼35 38 °C, Schmaranzer & Stabentheiner, 1988).

Home range size varies according to prey availability – when winter hits that means foraging further afield, increasing sighting probabilities.