Sentence examples for unique markings from inspiring English sources

Alternatively, if sighted animals have unique markings, then mark-recapture (MR, also called capture-recapture; Williams, Nichols & Conroy, 2002) methods can be used, the data being capture histories representing, for a set of survey occasions, when each animal was seen.

During the course of this study, female sea lions with unique markings were tracked and digital photos of those animals and their distinguishing marks were taken on a regular basis from all remotely-monitored sites in Kenai Fjords.

It comes alive as she stretches her torso, showing off its unique markings beautifully.

The majority of the goods available on the contemporary flash sale site, Fab, also lack any brand unique markings.

However, for species with unique markings, the water source design produced lower proportions of images suitable for individual identification.

The sniper has also revived interest among gun control advocates in a national database of ballistics "fingerprints," the electronic images of the unique markings that every gun makes on the bullet it fires.

Giant otters can be recognized individually throughout their lives by unique white markings on their throats (Figure S2), so no capture or marking of animals was undertaken for any purpose.

Unlike the UK's other blue-tinged flutterers, large blues have unique black markings on their upper fore-wings.

Sieswerda, a former curator at both the New York aquarium and the New England aquarium in Boston, keeps records of whale sightings with a team of trained volunteers, identifying individual whales by their unique tail markings.

Unfortunately, such an approach is often infeasible for the identification of great apes since unique coat markings are not existent or cannot be used because of the limited resolution of video recordings.

These later became taxonomic synonyms, although in 2013 N. bancanus and N. borneanus were elevated to species status based on unique facial markings.