Sentence examples for rather than foraging from inspiring English sources

We tested predictions of two hypotheses to explain the presence of bats at turbines: (1) bats are attracted to visually conspicuous tall structures during autumn migration; (2) attraction is linked to social behaviour rather than foraging.

Rather than foraging on the ground, M. nigrocincta prefer to forage in trees where they are known to pollinate certain flowers.

Previous researchers have modeled marine mammal acoustic recordings as a function of environmental correlates for rorqual whales and dolphins however most of these recordings document social behaviors rather than foraging events [28], [29], [30].

The relationship between sourcing heme endogenously or exogenously is not fully understood, but may center on the energy expense of synthesizing rather than foraging (Anzaldi and Skaar 2010).

Changes in the pathways responsible for the regulation of foraging, rather than foraging protein sequences, are also likely to be responsible for the variability in the expression patterns of the this gene across species.

Finally, we suggest that a similar approach using metabolic rates rather than foraging rates may provide new insights into interference competition, and we evaluate several studies that used this approach as well.

If you can't find certified, 100% dog-free dandelions (I buy mine rather than forage for them in town), or you are wary of bitter vegetables, use spring greens instead.

All the tested pellets had a mean geometrical diameter lower than 0.20 mm and, due to their small particle size, they should be classified as protein concentrates rather than forage sources in dairy ration formulation.

Space millet rows farther apart if grown for cultivation rather than forage.

Scientists suggest that wild gorillas use tools to overcome physical obstacles in their rugged habitat, rather than to forage for food, like chimpanzees and orangutans.

Homing experiments measure the ability of the bee to find home rather than daily foraging distances and therefore are not necessarily representative of routine distances travelled by individual bees [36].