chemical defense

Examples

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• Although the specific compounds responsible for chemical defense against hermit crabs and seastars were not determined, it seems likely that sponge chemical defenses may be broadly effective against vertebrate and invertebrate predators.

  Academic text (2011)

• Unlike terrestrial plants, Caribbean reef sponges rely primarily on chemical defenses (when they have them at all) and not on defenses associated with their skeletons or on low nutritional quality.

  Academic text (2011)

• Study of the natural sources of many animals' chemical defenses is providing new insights into nature's medicine chest.

  Academic text (1999)

• Even the most toxic of chemical defenses requires a nibble from a predator.

  Academic text (1999)

• Some insects have evolved the ability to thwart plant chemical defenses; in some cases, they store and use the metabolites to protect themselves from their own predators.

  Academic text (2011)

• Caribbean sponges provide an important alternative to terrestrial plant and insect communities for testing basic ecological theories about chemical defenses and resource allocation.

  Academic text (2011)

• The rapid recruitment of chemically undefended sponge species to the wreck is evidence of a resource trade-off between chemical defenses and growth or reproduction among Caribbean sponge species.

  Academic text (2011)

• Organizations implement chemical defense strategies to safeguard workers from hazardous substances during manufacturing.

• The army trained soldiers in chemical defense techniques to prepare them for potential attacks with toxic agents.

• Research on chemical defense methods aims to enhance safety protocols for dealing with harmful chemical spills.

How Effective

chemical defense

• Specialized

1 4.4

defensive measure

2 4.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology