Sentence examples for onset of breeding from inspiring English sources

Photostimulation speeds the onset of breeding in birds.

Some species are found in family groups, and displaying groups of several individuals may be seen during the onset of breeding.

Altering the energy budgets of migrants may affect the location of and need for stopover sites as well as change arrival times and advance or delay the onset of breeding in some species [7], [18], [25].

For example, the onset of breeding activity of the common toad (Bufo bufo) in the United Kingdom is linked to the number of days with mean temperatures above 6°C during the 40 days preceding arrival at the breeding pond [3].

Social hierarchies within tanks can preclude any conclusions, as dominant males can suppress the onset of breeding in repressed males in the control groups.

For example, as suggested (Zann, 1996), loud distance calls occurred most before birds were paired or nesting, and cackles and whines increased at the onset of breeding activities.

Transfers increased in a stepwise manner at the onset of the breeding season rather than gradually with the total number marked lice.

In June 2001, before the onset of the breeding season, three breeding males joined the group of females.

None is capable of breeding.

Unexpectedly, in the course of breeding to a different genetic background we found one sub-strain of TRAP over expressing mice that presented an early onset obesity that did not seem to be due to apparent over-eating.

With the onset of the breeding season, many secondary sexual characteristics develop: size differences, nuptial coloration, enlarged and modified fins, breeding tubercles, and contact organs.