"contrasting environment" is a grammatically correct phrase and can be used in written English.
Example: The bustling city was a stark contrast to the peaceful countryside, creating a contrasting environment for the tourists.
In the highlands, divided into a number of mutually contrasting environments no one of which could have provided sufficient resources for the subsistence of a single settlement, villages were presumably linked to each other symbiotically.
As a result, the mineralogy and geochemistry of soils from contrasting environments are well-studied.
These locations were chosen to compare simulations for sites with contrasting environments.
In the northern Gulf of Mexico (GOM), this challenge is addressed through modeling, validation, and extensive tests in contrasting environments.
The study area is characterized by two geologically and hydrogeologically contrasting environments, the Mesozoic rock of the TLE and the predominantly Lower Devonian rock of the RM.
The metal content of sediments from 4 ponds representative of contrasting environments and design was determined through speciation studies using both sequential chemical extraction and mineralogical observation.
Two pairs of NILs differing for grain yield under drought stress were isolated and characterized for yield, yield related traits, and several physiological traits in a range of contrasting environments.
Analysing the topography of 83 individual tussocks in contrasting environments revealed that there are 6 clearly distinguishable tussock shapes, and that the classical example of a sediment-accumulating dome-shaped tussock only occurs under a limited set of abiotic conditions.
Fourthly, the observed maladaptation in small populations can be due to genetic drift linked to founder effects, especially if the founders of the small populations originate from contrasting environments [27].
