Sentences with phrase «higher plant diversity»

They found that soil structure improved with higher plant diversity and that the diverse properties of different plant roots were the key factor in keeping soil healthy.

«This kind of ecological study identifying a positive relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem services suggests that higher plant diversity will increase services from agroecosystems, and that has immediate implications for management practices and policies for sustainable agriculture, including Chesapeake Bay water quality,» Kaye said.

Researchers, including two from SLU, suggest that part of the answer for such high plant diversity could reside in the myriad of root - associated organisms that live in soils.

Not exact matches

The country also is estimated to have the highest sheer number and diversity of plants and animals for its size, meaning it's the most dense country for biodiversity in the world.

This organic whole that began from an initial high bang and eventuated into the present universe is distinguished by a form of unity and diversity radical beyond all imagining: infinite differences, and diversity that is marked not by isolation but by shared atoms over millennia as well as minute - by - minute exchanges of oxygen and carbon dioxide between plants and animal.

Generally speaking, the wild relatives of crops harbor high levels of genetic diversity, which is very advantageous in the wild, where the plants are subject to ever - changing growing conditions.

The limited availability and input of nitrogen, the application of mechanical and thermal weed control and more diverse crop rotations and a higher crop diversity lead to more favourable conditions for many wild plant species.

Several comparative analyses carried out in Europe have shown plant species diversity in organic arable fields to be 30 to 350 percent higher than in conventional ones.

Given the diversity of potential xenobiotics and stressors in the life history of higher plants, it is reasonable to suppose that having diverse GST functions is adaptive.

The study, «Response of understory vegetation to salvage logging following a high - severity wildfire,» reports a modest difference between logged and unlogged areas for some shrubs, but researchers with the agency's Pacific Southwest Research Station conclude the diversity of plant species and their abundance, as a whole, differed little between logged and unlogged sites.

The scientists found that individual houses without significant plant coverage in the yard could still support high arthropod diversity when located within more affluent neighborhoods.

Previous studies have determined that higher affluence is frequently associated with more biological diversity across species of plants, birds, bats, and lizards — a phenomenon coined the «luxury effect.»

«Unprecedented worldwide biodiversity study: Findings indicate both high, low productivity regions have reduced plant species diversity.»

In addition to the high diversity of endemic species, plants and animals that are abundant in Okinawa's corals, the area is also the site of the confluence of two major currents in the Pacific Ocean.

For example, plant breeders working to develop crops that can resist pests and diseases or higher temperatures often look to the broad range of plants and traditional crops in primary regions of diversity as sources of useful traits for crop improvement.

The angiosperm family Rubiaceae contains the highest diversity of ant plants, and the new study focused on those in the subtribe Hydnophytinae, of which some 100 species are found in southeast Asia and Australasia.

In grasslands, growing plants in higher diversity fields may help alleviate the negative impacts of flooding.

Semi dry grasslands like this one are nutrient poor and home to a high diversity of many plants, animals and microrganisms.

Exclosures can help allow a rich diversity in plant species to establish, which contributes to higher densities of carbon stored in both trees and in the soil.

Plant from multiple species, seed sources, and climate zones, particularly from locally - adapted sources Manage to maintain genetic diversity and phenotypic plasticity Create opportunities for rapid natural selection for species with high predicted potential for adverse impacts from climate change (Sturrock et al. 2011; Erickson et al. 2012; Alfaro et al. 2014; FAO 2014) Plant drought tolerant and native species Retain diversity of species and promote legacy trees Manage or restore mosaic (variable pattern of species and ages) and maintain or improve landscape connectivity Plant in asynchronous rotations and manage for diverse age classes Thin, plant, and use prescribed fire to favor species adapted to disturbance (Millar et al. 2007; Vose et al. 2016; Keane et al. forthcoPlant from multiple species, seed sources, and climate zones, particularly from locally - adapted sources Manage to maintain genetic diversity and phenotypic plasticity Create opportunities for rapid natural selection for species with high predicted potential for adverse impacts from climate change (Sturrock et al. 2011; Erickson et al. 2012; Alfaro et al. 2014; FAO 2014) Plant drought tolerant and native species Retain diversity of species and promote legacy trees Manage or restore mosaic (variable pattern of species and ages) and maintain or improve landscape connectivity Plant in asynchronous rotations and manage for diverse age classes Thin, plant, and use prescribed fire to favor species adapted to disturbance (Millar et al. 2007; Vose et al. 2016; Keane et al. forthcoPlant drought tolerant and native species Retain diversity of species and promote legacy trees Manage or restore mosaic (variable pattern of species and ages) and maintain or improve landscape connectivity Plant in asynchronous rotations and manage for diverse age classes Thin, plant, and use prescribed fire to favor species adapted to disturbance (Millar et al. 2007; Vose et al. 2016; Keane et al. forthcoPlant in asynchronous rotations and manage for diverse age classes Thin, plant, and use prescribed fire to favor species adapted to disturbance (Millar et al. 2007; Vose et al. 2016; Keane et al. forthcoplant, and use prescribed fire to favor species adapted to disturbance (Millar et al. 2007; Vose et al. 2016; Keane et al. forthcoming)

The team of researchers selected a large number of plant species from a very high diversity shrubland in south - western Australia, and exposed plants from each of these species to soil biota collected either from either the rooting zone of plants of its own species or from that of other species.

«For 20 million years, from the early Neogene approximately 23 million years ago until the Pleistocene started around 2 million years ago, this rule applied: The larger the amount of biomass produced by plants, the higher the diversity of terrestrial mammals that evolved.

Rarefaction curve analysis revealed that the bacterial diversity downstream from the Indian treatment plant was slightly lower than upstream, but the difference was surprisingly small considering the high levels of antibiotics present (Figure S2 and S3).

As I look at the preliminary generic metadata (below) and follow the conversation around the benefits of a low carb diet, I continue to be concerned about the low - carbers gut microbiota (note I eat meat daily, so my diet is high in fat, animal protein — but also dietary fiber — as I eat a large diversity and qty of plants.

Diets high in processed foods, meats, and sugars but pitifully low in plant fiber have killed off a rich diversity of gut bacteria on which our health depends.

Unlike many other area of the volcanic and newly formed Galapagos Islands, on Floreana Island you will also notice a higher diversity of flowers and different plants.

The Low Isles began its life about 5,000 years ago and despite only a hectare of land being above the high tide mark it supports an amazing diversity of over 50 species of plants.

Finally, the Booby Pond Nature Reserve on Little Cayman provides a habitat for red - footed boobies, other shore birds and a high diversity of native plants.

California is particularly well suited to such a study, as it has high endemic plant diversity and the quality of plant distribution and climate data across the region are excellent.

High quality agaves are very good feedstock material for biofuel... for the following characteristics: high total sugar density and content; high weight of the fruit and stems; cultivation and harvest cycles of six years; high density of plants per hectare; genetic diversity and high adaptability, low water requirements; CO2 and capture; methane metabolism; soil retention; plant nutrition; products from inulin; and low maintenance during cultivatHigh quality agaves are very good feedstock material for biofuel... for the following characteristics: high total sugar density and content; high weight of the fruit and stems; cultivation and harvest cycles of six years; high density of plants per hectare; genetic diversity and high adaptability, low water requirements; CO2 and capture; methane metabolism; soil retention; plant nutrition; products from inulin; and low maintenance during cultivathigh total sugar density and content; high weight of the fruit and stems; cultivation and harvest cycles of six years; high density of plants per hectare; genetic diversity and high adaptability, low water requirements; CO2 and capture; methane metabolism; soil retention; plant nutrition; products from inulin; and low maintenance during cultivathigh weight of the fruit and stems; cultivation and harvest cycles of six years; high density of plants per hectare; genetic diversity and high adaptability, low water requirements; CO2 and capture; methane metabolism; soil retention; plant nutrition; products from inulin; and low maintenance during cultivathigh density of plants per hectare; genetic diversity and high adaptability, low water requirements; CO2 and capture; methane metabolism; soil retention; plant nutrition; products from inulin; and low maintenance during cultivathigh adaptability, low water requirements; CO2 and capture; methane metabolism; soil retention; plant nutrition; products from inulin; and low maintenance during cultivation.

«Biofuels made from high - diversity mixtures of prairie plants can reduce global warming by removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.