Sentence examples for belowground of from inspiring English sources

The objective of this study was to test how the level and type (above- or belowground) of residue addition affect SOM stabilization.

Cx is the mean carbon stock value (aboveground and belowground) of a particular driver of deforestation and forest degradation, while Cnat is the mean carbon stock of of natural forest, expressed in tCO2/ha.

Understanding the persistence and importance of belowground legacies of biological invaders is needed to predict the assembly and function of these increasingly widespread novel ecosystems.

However, because of the high belowground biomass of one clone of F. x bohemica, this hybrid produced more stilbenes per plant than F. japonica.

For correlations between root system responsiveness and root system size, the mean of ln belowground biomass of each species when grown alone was used as the dependent variable of size.

Many of the belowground effects of pines are driven by ectomycorrhizal fungal symbionts co-introduced and co-invading with pines (Schwartz et al. 2006; Pringle et al. 2009).

Fine root, although sharing a very small percentage to total plant biomass, is one of the major belowground components of the NPP.

Larger amounts of metals were retained in belowground biomass of plants than in aboveground parts.

One area where sample size limitations constrain empirical approaches is in studies of the above- and belowground controls of trophic structure.

These results were very similar to patterns seen in the initial examination of belowground colonization rates of rhizobia and AMF.

A second experiment was conducted to compare the initial results of belowground colonization rates of rhizobia and AMF in response to treatments with fungal pathogens and pathogen fragments.