Sentence examples for volume of forage from inspiring English sources

With hunters unable to control deer populations and contraceptive programs failing, the only thing limiting the size of the herd is the weather and the volume of forage.

A core concept of range science at this time was the concept of carrying capacity holding that a given unit of land area can only support so many livestock (or wild animals) due to the limitations of a given volume of forage which that land area can produce (Pratt and Gwynne 1977).

Flight speed did not vary significantly in relation to the cumulative volume of sucrose solution collected during the foraging bout (GLMM: nectar load effect, t3244 = −1·17, P=0·241).

After 2 h, each forager was observed for three additional foraging bouts and the volume of sucrose ingested during each of these bouts was used to estimate its crop capacity (range: 120 180 µl).

The condition of forage has been poor.

DC: distance covered in search of forage.

Table 2 Ordinary least square estimates for the drivers of forage availability Driver of forage availability β Std.

Moreover, information on forage preference, behavioural activities and availability and quality of forage are important in understanding the camel forage relationship, proper camel husbandry and ensuring sustainable forage as well as landscape management in the semi-arid areas.

Herders identified forage plants and assessed livestock preference and availability trend of forage plants on each nested plot along transects.

Differences among forage sources are minimized when forages are compared at similar levels of forage aNDFom concentration.

However, higher levels of forage allowance can cause lower intake rates of forage and nutrients.