Sentences with phrase «plant behavior»

«This research also opens the window of plant behavior a little wider, showing that plants have many of the same responses to outside influences that animals do, even though the responses look different.»

The technique begins with scientists collecting data about plant behavior under microscopes and in the field.

For six summers from 2010 to 2015, Theobald tracked environmental conditions and plant behavior for 48 species at 70 field plots, each one square meter, along the southern slope of Mount Rainier.

Perturbations to plant behavior by transgene insertions are unlikely to be ignored by agricultural biotechnologists because appropriate recognition of them determines the success or failure of new varieties of crops in the field.

Observing plant behavior can teach humans to think, act, and live better.

So rather than change utility or power plant behavior, Boulder's tax acts as an education tool for consumers to lower their carbon footprint and a revenue source for green programming.

«At these elevations on Mount Rainier, snow is the major driver of plant behavior, because the annual cycle of flowering and reproducing can not begin until the snow melts,» said Hille Ris Lambers.

It is a rule that lies at the core of studying animal and plant behavior, and human society should be looked at no differently, as even technologically complex societies are still governed by EROI.

«A few years ago you couldn't use the term plant behavior in accepted journals, but now the concept of plant behavior is not controversial anymore,» says Baluska.

Celebrating their Centennial Year in 2016, the National Parks emphasize place - based learning, where students can gain authentic experiences in restoring habitats, studying animal and plant behavior, and understanding how history connects to today's events.