behavioural adaptation

collocation in English

meaningsofbehaviouralandadaptation

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behavioural
adjective
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/bɪˈheɪ.vjə.rəl/us
/bɪˈheɪ.vjɚ.əl/
relating ...
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adaptation
noun
uk
/ˌæd.əpˈteɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌæd.əpˈteɪ.ʃən/
the process of changing to suit ...
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(Definition ofbehaviouralandadaptationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The white tip derives its function from the function of thebehaviouraladaptationin which it is put to work.
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Delayed response tasks in basal ganglia lesions in man : further evidence for a striato-frontal cooperation inbehaviouraladaptation.
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Using the carnassials to slice meat is abehaviouraladaptation, and the carnassial teeth themselves are adaptations for use in that behaviour.
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Both species constructed their cases from leaf species that were not preferred for feeding, possibly as abehaviouraladaptationto prevent attacks from other shredders.
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Nevertheless, a switch from high to low host-finding specificity as suggested by the findings of this study would be an adequatebehaviouraladaptationin order to acquire new intermediate hosts.
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Kangaroo rats lose water mainly by evaporation during gas exchange, and so have developed abehaviouraladaptationto prevent this loss.
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The red kangaroo maintains its internal temperature at a point of homeostasis about using a variety of physical, physiological, and behavioural adaptations.
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Prey species can exhibit different kinds of behavioural adaptations to predators, such as avoid, flee or defend.
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One of their behavioural adaptations is living in groups, preventing moisture loss and drying out.
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Amphibians typically start out as larva living in water, but some species have developed behavioural adaptations to bypass this.
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Animals in this genus possess several physiological and behavioural adaptations to cope with these periods of low temperatures and adverse weather.
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Behavioural adaptations such as clothes-making to overcome the cold is evident in archaeological finds.
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