People control and alter its shape, the flow of nutrients that sustain it, the character of its habitats -- and the mixture of species that live in it.
When I reached Simard by phone, she described how she and her colleagues track the flow of nutrients and chemical signals through this invisible underground network.
Also, the increased circulation should increase flow of nutrients to the deep ocean in Orange Roughy's habitat.
The flow of nutrients into coastal waters from land-based sources has seen a worldwide increase over the last decades.
They monitor temperature, humidity and the flow of nutrients that enable plants to thrive without soil, pesticides or herbicides.
The flow of nutrients and metabolites between the symbionts is the basic foundation of the symbiotic system.
The idea was "you would disrupt the flow of nutrients and water into these buds that are going to develop.
Moths lay eggs at the base of the trunk and larvae burrow into the wood, creating tunnels that interrupt the flow of nutrients and weaken the tree.
Years ago, mountain pine beetles moved into the surrounding forests, nesting in the trees and cutting off their flow of nutrients.
We have previously shown in mice that cytokine-mediated damage to the placenta can temporarily limit the flow of nutrients and oxygen to the fetus.
By tracking the flow of nutrients through cancer cells, Li and his labmates are learning how such cells change their metabolism to stimulate growth.
