Sentence examples for more fecund than from inspiring English sources

Captive animals are often healthier, longer-lived and more fecund than free-living conspecifics, but for some species the opposite is true.

The study, which appears in the May Journal of Ethology, also found that women with Oscars are only slightly more fecund than the rest of us, having 1.5 children--even thofgh many of the actresses divorced and remarried several times.

The reproductive characteristics of the black dogfish, such as a large female maturation size, may render it susceptible to overfishing, though it is more fecund than other deep-sea dogfish sharks.

In my fetching uniform with my name embroidered in pretty cursive over the front pocket, my long auburn hair tied beneath an American (or Confederate!) flag bandana, my dirty work gloves smeared with the effluvia of countless New Yorkers, I'll look way lovelier and more fecund than I do when standing on a stage or typing away at my computer.

In fact, the common garden study showed a greater disparity between island and mainland control plants than in the field (common garden: Island ∼2.7 times more fecund than mainland vs. in situ: Island 1.4 times more fecund than mainland).

Are cells in the oviduct more fecund than cells in the uterus?

For example, although we selected for increased attractiveness, the least attractive males among those selected may have benefited by having more fecund daughters than the most attractive males.

The fecundity of I. noli-tangere was higher in competition with I. parviflora and lower in that with I. glandulifera than without competitors in addition, I. noli-tangere plants were more fecund under moderate than deep shade (Fig.  3A).

As expected, plants in their second full growing season (in 2008) were considerably larger and more fecund (Table 3) than plants after their first growing season.

This is a simplification of the model as large females are usually more fecund (able to produce viable eggs) than smaller ones (Fleming 1998).

There is some empirical evidence that genotypes of introduced species from the new range can grow faster, are more fecund, or are more poorly defended than those from the native range (Siemann and Rogers 2001; Bossdorf et al. 2005), whereas other studies have failed to find such evidence (Willis et al. 2000; Maron et al. 2004).