Sentence examples for a function of biotic from inspiring English sources

Limitation is a function of biotic and abiotic factors, the latter including land-use activities (e.g., agriculture, septic systems) and underlying bedrock features.

The aim of this study was to describe the earthworm distribution patterns in a tilled arable field and to explain earthworm spatial variability as a function of biotic interactions within populations and of abiotic soil heterogeneity measured as the soil apparent electrical conductivity (ECa).

Despite the fact that we were able to identify, by contingency analysis, disproportionately invasive genera, we did not find a strong phylogenetic signal in a comparative analysis of invasiveness by genera as a function of biotic traits.

I propose a two-tiered approach to evaluating susceptibility to ecological systems: a general susceptibility as a function of ecosystem type (based on structure and function of that system) and a differential in susceptibility within broad ecosystem types as a function of biotic and abiotic factors.

We have established a general description of the predicted diameter increment of European tree species as a function of the diameter and the biotic and abiotic environment of the tree.

Fitness landscapes for both bacteria and phage are highly dynamic, changing as a function of resource levels and the biotic environment.

Understanding how these variables change as a function of solar radiation, rainfall, and biotic and hydrologic factors will advance our ability to develop mechanistic models for watershed management and set pollutant discharge limits.

The amount of SOC stored within an ecosystem, is dependent on the quantity and quality of organic matter returned to the soil matrix, the soils ability to retain organic carbon (a function of texture and cation exchange capacity), and biotic influences of both temperature and precipitation [3].

Each term (except N) is a function of the prey's behavior, physiology, or biotic or abiotic environment, which in turn depends on the perceived level of risk.

The amount of SOC stored within an ecosystem, is dependent on the quantity and quality of organic matter returned to the soil matrix, the soils ability to retain organic carbon (a function of texture and cation exchange capacity), and biotic influences of both temperature and precipitation [ 3].

As individual phenotypic expression (e.g., growth, age or size at maturation) is a function of both individual genetics and environmental (both biotic and abiotic) interactions, it can be quite difficult to predict and discriminate between ecological versus genetic changes in life-history traits.