Sentence examples for foraging mode from inspiring English sources

In contrast to the sit-and-wait foraging mode of the iguanians, autarchoglossans developed an active foraging mode where much time is spent searching for energy-rich prey items.

A nasal chemosensory system became enhanced in the Gekkota, but many retained (or redeveloped) the sit-and-wait foraging mode of their ancestors.

Chameleons effectively eliminate the need to pursue their prey, which is the most risky aspect of the sit-and-wait foraging mode.

His solo on "Zawinul's Mambo" began in a terse, foraging mode; ventured into clattering, Cecil Taylor-esque atonality; interpolated a snatch of "Blue Rondo à la Turk"; swerved into a montuno; and ended in a butterfly flutter of tremolos.

Six minutes after bait positioning two Nautiluses came into view in foraging mode.

All Nautiluses were actively moving in foraging mode and many demonstrated some attraction to the ROV.

Many predatory species can switch between foraging modes, usually alternating between an ambush and a cruising mode in water, soil or vegetation.

Because of the paucity of studies investigating how ambient temperature affects animals foraging on toxic foods, it is hard to know whether the differences between our study on avian predators and those on mammalian herbivores are due to comparing across taxa, foraging modes or different laboratory protocols.

The implications of our results for the foraging modes of spiders are twofold.

This study explains the bimodal distribution of spider's foraging modes in terms of sensory ecology and is consistent with the escape distances and speeds of cricket prey.

Thus, our quantification of air flow upstream from a running predator extends the interpretation of the two foraging modes in terms of sensory processes, beyond the classical description in energetic and biomechanical terms.