Sentence examples for adaptations against from inspiring English sources

In the kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla), adaptations against predation are reduced: alarm calls are rare, chicks are not camouflaged, defecation occurs on the nest rim, and eggshells are not carried away.

Acute exercise is a small source of oxidative stress, while chronic exercise elicits protective adaptations against oxidative damage.

This is despite the fact that the American goldfinch has no known behavioral adaptations against brood parasites.

Adaptations against different predatory regimes can emerge over short periods of time and include many different traits.

This predictability has allowed the trees to form morphological and physiological adaptations against flooding.

Environmental cues constantly influence gene expression; hence interactions among them are indispensable for animal adaptations against changing environments.

Their thick, leathery skin is quite plainly an adaptation against the heat of the custard.

However, she agreed with being cautious: "You're talking about one helpful adaptation against one chemical, but there's a lot of other harmful particulates in smoke".

Because researchers have found that the pall of blueness makes food unappetizing, possibly as a species adaptation against, ick, eating rotting meat.

This is an evolutionary adaptation against predators (mainly birds): it encourages birds to peck at the eyespot rather than at the more vulnerable body.

Freshwater species usually have more eggs than marine species of comparable size, evidently an adaptation against the higher mortality in riverine conditions.