Sentence examples for rather than anthropogenic from inspiring English sources

Ecological research associated with the importance of refuges has tended to focus on natural rather than anthropogenic water bodies.

Given the significant covariability between these indices and the global warming trend, however, the extent to which observed changes are due to natural variability rather than anthropogenic climate change cannot yet be conclusively determined.

In some areas, origin of heavy metals and metalloids in food chain is geological rather than anthropogenic; hence microorganisms in such areas develop effective strategy to cope with the harmful consequence of metal and metalloid exposures.

Nevertheless, the biogeography of Richardsonius reflects historical distributions and drainage connections rather than recent anthropogenic introductions through most of its range, as is presumed to be the case for the majority of western North American freshwater fishes [ 60].

At some of the scales studied, indices appear to reflect natural variations in disturbance through currents rather than variation in anthropogenic effects.

Statistical analyses and hydrological modelling are used to show that the observed multi-decadal wet and dry phases in the Okavango River and Delta result from multi-decadal oscillations in rainfall, which are likely to be related to processes of internal variability in the climate system, rather than external natural or anthropogenic forcing.

As a result, the origin of these pollutants is better to be considered as anthropogenic rather than natural (Kumar et al. 2012a, b, 2014, 2015, 2016; Karkra et al. 2016).

An analysis of O3 measurements and tropospheric and stratospheric tracers such as water vapor, CO, NMHCs, PV, and δ18O (CO2) attributed the summertime O3 enhancements at WLG to stratospheric intrusion rather than the transport of anthropogenic pollution (Ding and Wang 2006; Liang et al. 2008; Wang et al. 2006).

Hence, it is often difficult to ascertain that a given genetic population structure is natural rather than the result of anthropogenic modifications.

However, in addition to the haplotypes from both clades occurring on the island there are as well mainland haplotypes that are also found in the geographically closest mainland populations (Presidio and Pacifica), suggesting that this contact zone was established naturally rather than being related to anthropogenic introductions.

David Keith (see page 420) suggests that the dividing line between geoengineering and mitigation is when a technology acts by counterbalancing an anthropogenic forcing rather than by reducing it.