Sentence examples for to forbs from inspiring English sources

Anderson and Hoffman (2007) noted that poorly managed communal rangelands had lower proportion of perennial grasses compared to forbs and annual grasses.

Higher aboveground biomass and percent cover of perennial grasses in the lower slope position compared to forbs and annual grasses could be due to improved soil fertility downslope.

Further, improved ground cover and above ground biomass of perennial grasses compared to forbs and annuals in the rehabilitated area could be due to reduced grazing pressure in the rehabilitated sites.

Increased number of perennial grasses compared to forbs and annuals in the rehabilitated area could also be an indication of reduced runoff, a fact attributable to improved ground cover (De Groot et al. 1992).

The significantly higher species richness, relative abundance, and diversity of perennial grasses compared to forbs and annual grasses in the rehabilitated area could be attributed to improved soil fertility as a result of reduced runoff and erosion due to the establishment of soil and water conservation structures in the study area (Singh et al. 2011).

Grasshoppers that switched from grasses to forbs to minimize predation risk not only grew less, but also had higher mortality rates.

We observed that species richness significantly increased with degradation, and the herbaceous and sedge plants yielded to forb species.

However, an indirect (negative) effect on leafhopper species richness was caused by the higher proportion of graminoids due to forb reduction and management intensification, which both had a negative impact on plant diversity.

Determining when might be the best time to harvest forbs for bioethanol production remains to be established.

We studied plant diversity at scales of 1 and 100 m2 in three long-term burning experiments in mesic, montane and semi-arid grasslands, respectively, to explore forb responses to different fire regimes.

The stubble would be left to permit forbs and grasses a shorter recovery period between grazing and the arrival of rain.