Sentence examples for used for foraging from inspiring English sources

An additional 20 variables described the habitat used for foraging (the foraging habitat niche).

In the high risk treatment, less patches were used for foraging: 50% of foraging time was invested into 24% ±12%of patches under high risk and into 40% ±20%under low risk conditions (paired t-test, t = 5.6, p = 0.0001).

Behavioural observations of individuals allowed us to characterize all trees used for foraging according to their DBH, decay state, bark cover, tree species and top condition.

However, fraction of created snags used for foraging in all harvest units increased with snag age.

Fraction of snags used for foraging was greatest in the low density treatments.

The mean age of 15 trees used for foraging or nesting by the crossbill was 96 years.

Now researchers have found that the ant relies on the same internal navigation system it uses for foraging to decide whether an intruder has come too close for comfort.

In addition, at sampling locations, males of both species have overlapping territories which they use for foraging.

Traps (3 × 3 × 3 m) were located in the Wildpark; they were equipped with perches and positioned in shady areas next to the enclosures the ravens use for foraging.

There are more than 40,000 varieties of sorghum, most of which are used for forage crops.

Assuming the encamped mode involved within-patch foraging, habitat used for forage resources was characterized by features that have become familiar to managers including areas with taller shrubs, proximity to mesic areas, and avoidance of bare ground (Figure 4a; Wallestad 1971; Dunn and Braun 1986; Drut et al. 1994; Connelly et al. 2000; Aldridge and Boyce 2007; Dzialak et al. 2011b).