Sentence examples for maintained in captivity from inspiring English sources

Water voles were collected from the captive breeding establishments on 30/04/07 and 02/05/07, respectively, and maintained in captivity pre-release in specialist facilities in the Department of Zoology, University of Oxford.

More than 120 pandas are maintained in captivity in China, and another 15 to 20 are found in zoos elsewhere.

For small cage birds, a large cage or aviary allows for flight and space needed to reduce territorial stress that is often associated with common species maintained in captivity.

To investigate the process of within-flock convergence through which these differences arise, an experimental flock of birds previously unfamiliar with each other was established and maintained in captivity.

Due to their generalist feeding patterns and their social system consisting of multiple adult males and females, groups of brown lemurs are easily maintained in captivity and thrive on just a basic diet of primate chow and fruit.

Horn sharks are harmless unless harassed, and are readily maintained in captivity.

Three-toed sloths are so difficult to maintain in captivity that little is known about their breeding behaviour and other aspects of their life history.

Soft corals are easier to maintain in captivity than hard corals.

"I think the Coastal Commission's actions yesterday reflect kind of a broader skepticism of capturing and maintaining in captivity orca whales and similar marine mammals," he said Friday.

To evaluate this strategy, we carried out a reciprocal transplant experiment involving three neighboring populations of endangered Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) now bred in captivity and maintained in captive and wild environments.

To examine the influence of carotenoids on these three components of mate choice, we captured female finches prior to the breeding season, maintained them in captivity, and fed them high- or low-carotenoid diets.