Sentence examples for preference for feeding from inspiring English sources

Like most newborns, Toby seems to have a distinct preference for feeding at night.

Biotypes of BPH are defined as a population or an individual distinguished from other populations or individuals by non-morphological traits such as adaptation and development to a particular host, host preference for feeding or oviposition, or both.

The tremendous vectorial capacity of this species is mainly determined by its strong preference for feeding on humans [22].

An. gambiae s.s. has a well-documented preference for feeding upon human hosts, whereas An. quadriannulatus feeds on vertebrate/mammalian hosts, with only opportunistic feeding upon humans.

The high vectorial capacity of this species is due to its wide distribution, close association with human habitat, high preference for feeding on humans, and tendency to readily enter houses at night to feed.

Feeding behavior was monitored in a growing finishing facility (n=1162) including preferences for feeding positions.

Among these, Rag1, known to exhibit both antibiosis (affecting insect biology leading to increased mortality or reduced longevity and reproduction) and antixenosis (affecting the insect behaviour leading to non-preference for feeding and colonization) has been commercialized since 2009 [ 19, 24].

Despite of their arboreality, sugar gliders still do not display opposite forelimb preferences for feeding, including live prey catching, and supporting the body when hanging tripedally.

To examine whether redfronted lemurs maintain their individual and/or group preferences over time, we repeated these experiments over a period of 3 years, thereby gathering information on individual and group preferences for feeding techniques.

In P. breviceps the distribution of individual forelimb preferences for feeding on non-living food differed significantly from chance (χ2 = 6.65, P = 0.036), with 11 left-forelimb preferent sugar gliders, five right-forelimb preferent subjects, and seven subjects which had no significant preference (Table  2).

This finding contrasts with previous findings that divergent preferences for feeding and breeding habitat exist among many closely related avian species (Lack, 1944), and may be the dominant contributor to ecological diversification in certain avian groups (Richman & Price, 1992; Cicero & Johnson, 1998).