Sentence examples for laying behaviour from inspiring English sources

This mimics the laying behaviour of real honeyguides, which do not remove host eggs and lay any time during host incubation [ 4].

The objective of this study was to compare the egg laying behaviour of hens in the same FCs either with (W) or without (NW) the wire partition.

This suggests that thyroid hormones may play a critical role in the loss of incubation behaviour and the improved egg laying behaviour of the White Leghorn breed.

In some gastropods, dopamine has been implicated in the regulation of many physiological activities such as feeding in Helisoma trivolvis[ 1, 2], Limax maximus[ 3], Aplysia[ 4, 5] and Lymnaea stagnalis[ 6], respiration in L. stagnalis[ 7, 8], gill movement in Aplysia californica[ 9, 10], and egg laying behaviour in L. stagnalis[ 11].

In further contrast to D. melanogaster, where seminal fluid increases egg laying behaviour but shortens female lifespan [ 22, 22], in S. cynipsea copulation does not appear to enhance egg laying [ 38] or be otherwise toxic for females, although in another study longer copulations did reduce the number of offspring a female produced [ 52].

In addition to the nest site, the width of the platform in front of the nest influenced laying hen behaviour.

The current large-scale experiment aimed to study laying hen behaviour under commercial stocking densities, flock sizes and management practices using a replicated design.

Lasius niger have a characteristic pheromone-laying behaviour in which an individual briefly pauses, curves its abdomen down, 'dots' pheromone onto the substrate, lifts its abdomen and then resumes walking (Beckers et al. 1992a, b).

The latter provides resources for their biological development and can also constrain their flight or egg-laying behaviours.

Pre-laying behaviour was analysed using focal sampling.

Both degree of seclusion and nesting material had an effect on pre-laying behaviour of hens.