Sentence examples for prefer feeding from inspiring English sources

In general, birds prefer feeding at cup-shaped sources such as flowers of the Darwin woollybutt (Eucalyptus miniata), Darwin stringybark (E.

Sand flies are attracted to rock hyraxes and prefer feeding on their snouts (37 ).

Although form molestus is believed to have evolved as an urban mosquito in close proximity to humans, form pipiens is believed to prefer feeding on birds.

We therefore caution that ITNs should not be automatically discarded as a priority vector control measure just because vector mosquitoes are observed to prefer feeding outdoors.

In general, specialist herbivores are thought to prefer feeding on outbred plants over inbred plants, because these herbivores are adapted to locate their hosts based on their volatile compounds produced by the plants and to feed on the secondary chemicals present in outbred plants [ 35, 68].

The opposite would be true for generalist herbivores that prefer feeding on S plants because inbreeding can directly compromise plant defense mechanisms and the general reduction in plant vigor associated with inbreeding may prolong vulnerable stages of development [ 35, 67, 69, 70].

Our results indicate that users prefer feeds that place target items in query-relevant contexts, and that preferred context varies with type of publication event.

Coots preferred feeding on grass and were occasionally fed by passers-by at the study sites.

Insecticide treatments should target preferred feeding sites on the host's body.

Goats preferred feeding in open ground with firm substrate compared to a sandy riverbed or a rocky hillside.

Before whaling was banned by international treaties, whaling ships pursued blue whales to their preferred feeding grounds at the food-rich boundary between the Antarctic ice and sea.