Sentence examples for foraging rate from inspiring English sources

Since forager mortality is a function of work effort (Schmidt-Hempel and Wolf 1988), as the foraging rate increases, so should the rate of MAB development because foragers will collectively produce less inhibitor as their population shrinks (Huang and Robinson 1992 , 1996.

Anxiolytic drugs, at concentrations found in natural waterways, alter the behavior and foraging rate of wild European perch.

Exploratory activity, latency of food approach, time and frequency on the food area, number of seeds eaten and foraging rate (number of seeds eaten/time on the food area×100) were compared for three different categories of odours (own, same strain and other strain odours) in both strains.

As such, a time-adjusted difference in body mass represents a sound measure of foraging rate.

We quantified three response variables: foraging rate, distance from shelter and time in shelter.

This resulted in a mean nectar foraging rate of 457.1±54.3 mg h−1 (Fig. 3).

Colonies A and B were used for measuring nectar foraging rates (A in 2005/2006, B in 2006/2007), colony C for pollen foraging observations (2006/2007).

Predator prey dynamics between the Mediterranean shore crab Carcinus aestuarii and the immigrant mussel Musculista senhousia were examined in laboratory experiments to assess the effects of varying predator and prey densities upon predator foraging rates and prey survival.

Nectar foraging rates of 10 individually marked bees were measured.

We collected information on foraging rates during 30 observations at 8 locations.

Later, the RFID data (departure and arrival times) were matched to the corresponding pollen load to calculate foraging rates.