Sentence examples for protracted breeding from inspiring English sources
Dugongs, which are classified as vulnerable to extinction, have long lifespans and protracted breeding cycles and give birth to single offspring at irregular intervals, implying a complex pedigree without distinct generational structure or large sibling groups.
The nesting burrows of Wilson's petrel may be blocked by snow for days during the protracted breeding season.
Hence, small clutch (and litter) size, high incidence of cooperative breeding, helping in the nest, nomadism and 48-hour intervals in egg laying, protracted molt, extended parental care, long breeding seasons, and increased longevity are among the biological characteristics of Australian birds and mammals that have been attributed to environmental conditions [19] [21], [23], [39] [42].
The species lays two eggs, and the breeding period is protracted, lasting at least three months.
Some passerines that breed in the Arctic, for example, drop many more flight feathers at once (sometimes becoming briefly flightless) in order to complete their entire wing moult prior to migrating south, while those same species breeding at lower latitudes undergo a more protracted moult.
They are also protracted.
Conflicts are becoming more protracted.
It invited intimate, protracted viewing.
He had protracted fevers.
The result was protracted economic weakness.
