Sentence examples for more time foraging from inspiring English sources

Fraser has noticed from radio-transmitter data that Adélie penguins have been spending more time foraging at sea in recent years.

A higher metabolic rate means that birds have to spend more time foraging and may be more affected by fluctuations in the food supply or by climatic conditions that increase energy needs.

Two of them habitually headed far out to sea, one flying as far as County Wexford in Ireland, while the others stayed close to St Ives but spent much more time foraging for food on farmland than in the resort.

When they did, the weavers spent more time foraging and less time standing guard.

Studies have shown that having drongos around benefits animals of other species, which don't have to be as vigilant and can spend more time foraging.

Eavesdropping is a good backup strategy because birds "don't have to rely on... seeing the predator themselves" and can spend more time foraging, says biologist Rob Magrath of the Australian National University in Canberra, lead author of the study.

We might be able to work out in our head how one beneficial change (say, a larger body size that allows an individual to withstand a predator's assaults) can also have negative consequences (more time spent foraging to support the body weight exposes the individual to more predation).

Larger energetic requirements therefore necessitate more time spent foraging [45], and energy intake is further dependent on the availability and quality of foods: orangutans, for instance, spend 4 5 hours per day feeding, but during the months of low fruit availability that is still not enough to provide all the calories required, and the animals lose weight [46].

Furthermore, as the season progresses and hibernation approaches, animals may experience heightened nutritional demands and devote more time to foraging.

Furthermore, an increase in their hunger state led foxes to allocate more time to foraging from the risky patches, thereby exposing themselves to higher risks.

A parasitoid that has been smeared by a host incurs a reduced oviposition rate within a patch, because it spent less time foraging and more time grooming to remove the hardened cornicle secretions from its body.