environmental stress
collocation in Englishmeaningsofenvironmentalandstress
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environmental
adjective
uk/ɪnˌvaɪ.rənˈmen.təl/us/ɪnˌvaɪ.rənˈmen.t̬əl/
relating to ...
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stress
noun
uk/stres/us/stres/
great worry caused by a difficult situation, or something that causes ...
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Our study highlights one type ofenvironmentalstressin which resistant, genetically manipulated mosquitoes may have to compete with natural vector populations.
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This system ultimately was challenged by anenvironmentalstresswrought in par t by the demand for lime and stucco manufacture.
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In conclusion, this study has provided insight into a potential mechanism by which bovine embryos cope withenvironmentalstressand chromosome abnormalities.
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During periods of scarcity orenvironmentalstress, sharing underpinned the food security of the group.
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Howenvironmentalstressaffects the impacts of parasites.
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Losing ground:environmentalstressand world food prospects.
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One possibility is that it operates by reducingenvironmentalstressand improving the associated affect (anxiety or depression).
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Ethnicity and its correlates are among those individual difference factors that could influence howenvironmentalstressor other factors affect the development of psychopathology.
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In this way, microorganisms can survive external challenges including nutritional deprivation andenvironmentalstress.
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People have responded to the evidence ofenvironmentalstressinduced by population growth by changing their technology or preferences or both.
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Moments are also ideal as a basis for measuring fluctuating asymmetry as an indicator of the developmental stability of populations under isolation orenvironmentalstress.
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The most obviousenvironmentalstressis protein deficiency.
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However, restricting genetic diversity to only a few varieties increases the vulnerability of agricultural systems to disease or pest epidemics andenvironmentalstress.
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While complex life is more vulnerable againstenvironmentalstress, it amplifies weathering processes on a terrestrial planet.
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This effect could be described as behavioural sensitization as it would imply an enduring enhancement of the behavioural response toenvironmentalstress.
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Behavioural sensitization toenvironmentalstressmay therefore be a vulnerability marker for schizophrenia, reflecting dopaminergic hyper-responsivity in response to environmental stimuli.
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Policies targeting the amelioration ofenvironmentalstressand population pressure on the land could play pivotal roles in reducing incentives to migrate.
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