Sentence examples for reducing abundance from inspiring English sources

At the landscape scale, the effects of treatments on overall abundance and abundance of individual species varied geographically, with forest thinning reducing abundance compared to clear-cutting forest stands and no harvest but in only one of the three blocks.

Phenols may directly influence nutrient turnover and microbial activity and biomass (Wardle et al. 1998) reducing abundance of a species or causing complete disappearance of a species, thereby, disturbing the existing microbial biodiversity (Hussain and Reigosa 2011; Hussain et al. 2011; Djurdjević et al. 2011; Djurdjević et al. 2012).

Clearly, this knowledge of the stumpy induction pathway could also lead to novel therapeutic approaches since molecular inhibitors of stumpy formation could be targeted to induce premature development in the bloodstream, reducing parasite virulence or reducing abundance below a transmission threshold.

In some other pathways, such as glycolysis/gluconeogenesis, oxidative stress response, and cell cycle, CR was effective in reducing abundance of most of these proteins in old mice toward the youthful levels; in contrast, RP had mixed effects and reversed to a smaller extent.

Caloric restriction is effective in reducing abundance of most of these proteins in these three pathways in old mice toward the youthful levels; in contrast, RP had mixed effects within all but the cell cycle pathway, which was effectively restored to the young phenotype.

Blue crab predators had differing effects on individual grazer species, reducing abundances of minor grazers more than that of G. mucronatus (Figs. 2, 7).

Sedum sediforme also reduced abundance and biomass of colonizing plants.

Hypoxia affects vast areas around the world and often causes fish kills, reduced abundance, altered distribution, low benthic biomass and declines in fisheries.

Numerous studies show that landscape simplification reduces abundance and diversity of natural enemies in agroecosystems, but its effect on natural pest control remains poorly quantified.

The supplied specific nutrients (100 mg/L carbon and 30 mg/L nitrogen) might not be sufficient for a large variety of microorganisms, especially for the Actinobacteria, were the applied conditions were detrimental as observed in significantly reduced abundance.

Bacteroids in indeterminate pea nodules have reduced abundance and a lower chromosome number.