Sentence examples for defensive behavioural from inspiring English sources
Defensive behavioural responses such as decreased activity and habitat changing are adopted by almost all mobile animals as part of their adaptive strategy against predation risk [5].
Hynobius retardatus salamander larvae exhibited plasticity in both defensive behavioural and respiratory traits in the presence of predator A. nigroflava dragonfly larvae; that is, they surfaced less frequently (anti-predatory adaptive behavioural plasticity) and enlarged their external gills (adaptive morphological plasticity in response to hypoxia caused by the anti-predatory behaviour).
Emblemasoma auditrix can apply this whole behavioural sequence to M. cassinii although this cicada exhibits more defensive behaviour than O. rimosa.
Furthermore, preterm infants engage in fewer broad smiles, are relatively fussy and irritable, are more difficult to soothe, show more mixed behavioural cues, show more sensory-defensive behaviours and are described as more temperamentally difficult than term peers.
SAT1 has been shown in transgenic mice to be involved in several behavioural traits as activity and spatial learning in females, but not in defensive reactivity [ 69].
A skin twitch is a very obvious and repeatable reaction, however, variability of thermal thresholds at the nostrils was in fact lower than at the withers, indicating that the defensive reaction at the head can repeatedly be detected despite being a more individual, behavioural response, which is not influenced by sedation.
So even if it wouldn't be asking much – a small behavioural change in the face of a severe problem – it can make us feel morally defensive".
Behavioural responses to the looming stimulus were separated into two reaction type categories: jet and defensive anchor posture.
Disease, disorder, behavioural problem?
