Sentence examples for structural defence from inspiring English sources

The structural defence forms the first line of defence against insects, and comprises the morphological and anatomical traits that are advantageous to plants, which deter the insect herbivores (Hanley et al. 2007; Agrawal et al. 2009).

Specific leaf area is an indicator of potential relative growth rate, gives an indication of investment in leaf structural defence, and typically correlates positively with resource availability (Cornelissen et al. 2003).

Structural defences including large dams stop smaller floods and permit people to live in floodplains while remaining relatively dry.

Then the damage incurred by the flood is much greater than it would have been without the false sense of security imposed by the structural defences.

Most structural defences could fail at some point, often from an event that exceeds or has different characteristics from the design flood but sometimes because maintenance requirements have not been met.

Other examples of preferences for sexual signals that keep females safe may be found in other animals in which females that lack chemical or structural defences evaluate and choose mates under conditions of high predation risk.

Native plants adapted to harsh conditions often have enhanced chemical or structural defences due to the high resource cost of repairing damaged tissue, while high resource-adapted invaders are less likely to be resistant to disease and herbivory (Chapin 1991).

In higher plants, phenylpropanoid biosynthetic pathway produces the important metabolites, e.g. flavonoids, isoflavonoids, lignin, anthocyanin, phytoalexins, antimicrobial furanocoumarins, hydroxyl cinnamate esters and phenolic esters, which are all critical players in development, structural protection, defence responses to microbial attacks and tolerance to abiotic stimuli [ 10, 11].

Exacerbated sea flooding in certain places in Bangladesh was blamed on climate change whereas it was actually due more to using structural sea defences (Auerbach et al. 2015).

Thus, this work shows that sulphate induced Zn-30Al-7%Ti/Sn via generation of controllable process parameter can provide significant improvements in thin film coating for wear mitigation and structural improvement in defence application.

The skin epidermis is a thin layer of stratified squamous epithelium that provides a structural and functional defence against dehydration, microorganisms, chemical substances and mechanical trauma (1).