Sentence examples for biotic composition from inspiring English sources

Several indices of biotic integrity (IBIs) have been developed to measure quantitatively the biotic composition and, hence, the integrity.

The biotic composition of several areas was significantly different from the EUNIS habitat classes described previously; therefore, we propose a total of 13 new classes.

We retained the host plant for our experiment, but introduced variation in soil biotic composition to create different bean phenotypes induced by different soil organisms (nematodes vs. AMF).

We interpret this to mean that the site groupings reflect differences in overall biotic composition among locations rather than the impact of one particular PC2 variable on the abundance of S. planifrons.

Evidently, based on these outcomes, mining disturbances resulting in novel/non-natural landform elements and rehabilitation practices incorporating exotic and/or novel assemblages of native species appear to have contributed to novel ecosystems, i.e. systems that are irreversibly different to any natural/pre-disturbance conditions both in terms of biotic and abiotic composition.

Each assemblage is described in detail according to its architecture and structure (setting, shape, quantitative estimation of the framework density), biotic components (taxonomic composition and relative abundance of the reef-builders, growth form, associated fauna), and intra-reef sediment (texture and fabric).

We explored how biotic crust lichen community composition and richness are related to vascular plant, soil and climate characteristics in Oregon.

We investigated how management practice, landscape composition, and biotic and abiotic environmental components affect the parasitoid community in coffee farms of Chiapas, Mexico.

We investigated the relationship between abiotic (soil properties, management practices) and biotic (plant functional group composition, vegetation characteristics, soil fauna abundance) predictors and feeding activity of soil fauna after accounting for sample year and study region.

Thus, this study was focused on the relationship between altitude (a climatic factor), bedrock and soil type (trophic factors) and tree stand composition (a biotic factor steered by humans), and humus form, taking into account the forest litter and (mineral) humus horizon characteristics.

The rate of contaminant decay depends on the geochemical composition and biotic communities present in the aquifer.