Sentence examples for quantity of dung from inspiring English sources
A couple of evenings before, we had struggled to collect more than a handful of blackberries here; judging by the quantity of dung, the badgers had already stripped every bush clean, barging through thorny bramble stems, nettles and thistles alike to fill their bellies with fruit.
Maternal effects on male dimorphism are well known in dung beetles, because male morph is mainly determined by the quality and quantity of dung ingested by larvae [ 47, 48], which in turn is collected and provisioned by the parental individuals [ 49].
The results indicated that Parthenin toxin and phenols can be eradicated via vermicomposting if P. hysterophorus is mixed with appropriate quantity of cow dung Rajiv et al. (2013) Cow dung, food industry sludge, water hyacinth and parthenium Eisenia fetida 13 week The final vermicomposts were homogenous and rich in important plant nutrients (NPK).
The increase in magnesium content in pile P 1 was due to increased quantity of cow dung.
In contrast, the other studies concluded that the total average quantity of animal dung cake used as fuel source reduced from 1307 to 1157 kg/year in 2000 and 2005 respectively (Mekonnen and Köhlin 2009).
In a modern globalised world, the idea of transporting large quantities of avian dung thousands of miles in wooden sailing boats to grow turnips seems less incongruous.
Thousands of camels equals endless quantities of camel dung.
The quantity of flower waste mixture with cow dung and saw dust in the other Piles was a total of 100 kg i.e. P 1 (50:40:10) kg, P 2 (60:30:10) kg, P 3 (70:20:10) kg and P 4 (80:10:10) kg, respectively.
On African savannas elephants consume huge quantities of grasses, absorbing the energy to carry on their physiological processes, including the production of large piles of dung, which dung beetles reprocess into soil nutrients, which feed plants on which elephants graze.
Its success depends on just the right balance of dung to beetles: if there's too much dung around and the beetles have too much choice, they might become too discerning; if there's too little dung, there probably aren't enough beetles to bury the nuts in any significant quantity.
It smelled faintly but pleasantly of dung.
