Sentence examples for nesting densities from inspiring English sources
In years of lemming abundance, snowy owls attain higher nesting densities, nest earlier, lay more eggs, and have higher fledging rates than when lemmings are scarce.
Nesting densities of passerine species are highest in shrub communities at the southern margins of the tundra and in riparian habitats; they decline rapidly in the High Arctic.
Crows avoided closed forests and built-up areas and had highest nesting densities in open forested areas, parks and tree rows.
Nesting densities were similar between high- and low-disturbance plots.
Finally, careful observation of courtship at high and low male nesting densities suggested that courtship vigour may contribute to female choice at high density, but not low density.
Gyps bengalensis, in particular, were abundant as little as ten years ago in both Pakistan and India, with nesting densities recorded as high as 12 nests/km2 in Keoladeo National Park in northern India [ 4- 9].
Consistency in habitat selection and space use across seasons, small space requirements, and high nesting density likely reflects the high productivity of this urban environment.
Ecological factors, such as high nesting density, may cause some populations to show NAV behavior while others do not.
Other behavioural observations such as time spent preening and nesting density may also affect the ectoparasite richness, unfortunately these types of behavioural observations are either rarely reported in the literature or inconsistently measured between species.
The mountainous regions of Alaska's Denali National Park support the highest nesting density of golden eagles in North America (Kochert et al. 2002), with undisturbed cliffs for nests that are used over decades or even centuries, and abundant snowshoe hares, ptarmigan, and other prey (McIntyre et al. 2006).
Study of the abundance, diversity and nest densities of agroecosystem-inhabiting ant species, in fallow, freshly tilled and cultivated farmers' fields revealed that Pheidole latinoda had highest abundance, nest density and disturbance-tolerance ability.
