Sentence examples for belowground environments from inspiring English sources

Experimental studies investigated the effects of transgenic crops on the structure, function and diversity of soil and rhizosphere microbial communities playing key roles in belowground environments.

Such differences may partition belowground environments in ways that allow for the close coexistence of these species.

So sex would be an advantage when moving from a relatively stable belowground environment to a more challenging one, Norton says.

We thus suggest that agri-environment schemes aiming at the protection of belowground activity and associated ecosystem functions in temperate grasslands may generally focus on maintaining plant diversity, especially with regard to the potential effects of climate change on future vegetation structure.

Based on what is known about volatile-induced responses in aboveground plant parts, and the multitude of belowground organisms interacting with the roots in their natural environment, it may be expected that belowground volatile-induced responses are as common as aboveground induced responses.

However, the belowground services were largely affected by the shared effects of forest attributes and environment.

Resource sharing and a greater ability to efficiently exchange gases between aboveground and belowground organs (Tulbure et al. 2012) may provide a mechanism to facilitate establishment and expansion in environments such as salt marshes that have pronounced stress gradients and limit plant distributions.

We suggest that mangrove environments within subtropical estuaries are hotspots for porewater exchange due to the complex belowground structure of crab burrows and the effect of tidal pumping.

Ecological linkages between aboveground and belowground biota.

Belowground responses as indicators of environmental change.

With belowground smuggling, Sinaloa's business quickly expanded.