Sentences with phrase «plant composition in»

Rhesus macaques could potentially impact the native plant and animal species in the park in several ways; for example, eating plants needed by other animals, changing the plant composition in the park, or pushing other animals out of the habitat by being aggressive, Anderson said.

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They are taken up by plants again with such efficiency that the water that runs from the undisturbed Amazonian rain - forest is virtually the same as distilled water in composition.
Chickpeas are high in fiber and vegan plant - based protein which helps support the digestive system and body composition.
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Such a low level can decrease the likelihood of unintended changes in plant metabolism and composition.
When considering the protein source, for example, one must not only consider whether an animal - or plant - based protein will be used, but the specific organism from which it is derived (e.g., animal: chicken, beef, lamb, pork, etc.; fish: salmon, menhaden, etc.; plant: corn gluten meal, soybean meal, etc.), what part (s) of that organism will be included (e.g., plant: whole wheat vs. wheat germ vs. wheat bran; animal: entire animal vs. skeletal muscle vs. organ meats), and the form in which it will be added (animals: frozen, fresh, meal), all of which affect the diet in terms of cost, nutrient composition and stability, manufacturing requirements, and ingredient handling, transport, and storage.
«But what we've found is that the associated changes in plant community composition in the polar regions could lead to way more carbon being released into the atmosphere as methane.»
By contrast, in transpiration, plants simply suck water out of the soil and push it into the air without changing its isotopic composition.
To find out what eats what in this ecosystem, fisheries ecologists Jason Turner and Jay Rooker of Texas A&M University in Galveston first analyzed the composition of fatty acids in Sargassum, a green algae that grows on seaweed fronds, and phytoplankton — microscopic organisms that photosynthesize like plants.
As regards the fat in the fish fillets, its composition also changed during the frying process, and became enriched by the acyl groups present in a higher concentration in the frying oil than in the fillet (in other words, oleic if extra virgin olive oil was used, or linoleic if sunflower oil was used) and in plant sterols.
«We found the composition of the vegetation, and in particular the heather, had a greater effect on how fast plant litter decomposes than the 1 °C warming.
In another finding that is consistent with the practice of crop rotation, Fitzpatrick evaluated plant soil feedback and demonstrated that the more similar the composition of a plant's root microbiome to that of the previous generation of plant grown in that soil, the more the second - generation plant suffereIn another finding that is consistent with the practice of crop rotation, Fitzpatrick evaluated plant soil feedback and demonstrated that the more similar the composition of a plant's root microbiome to that of the previous generation of plant grown in that soil, the more the second - generation plant sufferein that soil, the more the second - generation plant suffered.
Burghardt said the goal of the research was to understand how the composition of the plants that homeowners plant in their yards affects herbivore communities.
Although the complete transformation of soil ingredients into true terra preta may take several years, soil scientists have shown that the mixture can have immediate benefits when added to nutrient - poor soils.Experiments outside of Manaus have shown that the yield in plots treated with charcoal and fertilizer (which contains plant nutrients), a mix similar in composition to terra preta, was double the yield of plots treated with fertilizer alone.
The finding is «a massive advance in our understanding of tomato fruit development and ripening,» says Alisdair Fernie, who studies the chemical composition of tomatoes at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology in Potsdam, Germany.
The team examined 258 publications, most of which were written in Mandarin, to determine the current tree composition within forests planted by the program.
Yet Emilie Muller wants to go further than simply modelling the wastewater treatment plant ecology: «We want to understand what factors determine the species composition and accordingly the balance in the ecosystem.»
The abundance of two dominant plant species (western wheat grass and blue grama grass) decreased with elevated CO2, which led to the increased presence of subdominant species and hence greater evenness in community composition.
«During photosynthesis plants bind atmospheric carbon, whose isotopic composition is preserved in resins over millions of years, and from this, we can infer atmospheric oxygen concentrations,» explains Ralf Tappert.
«As an animal eats and drinks, the local strontium isotope composition of the water, plants and animals consumed is recorded in its skeletal tissues.»
The European patent, EP 2 800 811, includes claims covering the widely adopted CRISPR - Cas9 single - guide RNA compositions for use in any non-cellular and cellular setting, including eukaryotic cells, such as mammalian, human and plant cells.
We detect such currents in muscles, nerves, secretory glands, and electric organs of fish as well as in plant tissue -LRB-...) It seems likely that all these currents have a similar, if not the same basis, and that their strength and potency depends on the structural conditions and chemical composition of the cells making up each organ.»
Scientists have long known that plants impact the composition of the soil microbiome in the area surrounding their roots by sending out chemicals (metabolites).
I enjoyed so much to start thinking in the capability of small things to make a notable difference in biological systems, such as how the properties of the cell membranes are influenced by its chemical composition, and how the food chain is mainly supported by the photosynthesis reaction of plants and algae, which ultimately lead us to survive.
Mounting evidence suggests that anthropogenic global change is altering plant species composition in tropical forests.
Chows diets contain plant - derived ingredients which are subject to changes in the growing season and will vary in composition at the time of harvest.
Abstract Mounting evidence suggests that anthropogenic global change is altering plant species composition in tropical forests.
Because plants alter the chemical composition of the wax on their leaves depending on how dry or wet the climate is, the leaf wax from the sediment core's layers provides a record of past fluctuations in rainfall.
Through a painstaking analysis of sediment size and composition, pollen and plant material and even industrial contaminants, the research team was able to identify changes in sediment layers over time in the core.
For my post-doctoral project, I decided to focus on the question, «to what extent can atmospheric pollutants, such as CO2 and ozone, exert a selective effect on woody plant species, and how are the resulting changes in the genetic composition of the plant community likely to affect the animals that feed on them?»
We want to understand the mechanism of RNA editing in chloroplasts and mitochondria of plants, which results in modification of specifics Cs to Us in transcripts, altering the amino acid composition of proteins encoded by organelle genomes.
Discusses the need to assess normal range of variation in plant composition when deciding whether genetic engineering causes changes.
It is possible to reconstruct past precipitation changes by measuring the stable hydrogen isotopic composition in terrestrial plant waxes because rainfall is the primary source of hydrogen stored in plant material.
One of these differences is in the isotopic composition of the plant materials.
When using rosemary, you may come across different chemotypes, which simply means that the oil has a unique chemical composition dependent on the environment in which the plant was grown.
Their unique composition that includes 65 % globulin edestin protein is the highest in the plant kingdom.
The biological activity of the plant is in close correlation to the amount of active saponins and their composition.
The chemical composition of the plant is reportedly what gives it the stress - busting effects, and those chemicals depend on the environment in which it is grown.
The most obvious difference in amino acid composition between plant based and Western diets is methionine content, which Dr. Greger addressed in these videos.
People who eat diets high in plant fiber show a more beneficial composition of gut bacteria compared to those who eat a typical western diet.
Since both animal proteins and plant proteins are made of the same twenty amino acids, the cause of inflammation has to be the differences in amino acid composition, or other compounds in animal foods, or both.
There has been a global shift in dietary composition, from traditional diets high in starches and fiber, to what has been termed the Western diet, high in fat and sugar, low in whole plant foods.
Anecdotal evidence of benefits from Moringa Tree has fueled a recent increase in adoption of and attention to its many healing benefits, specifically the high nutrient composition of the plants leaves and seeds.
So like our true paleo ancestors the best approach in today's world is likely a plant based diet with small servings of wild seafood and / or grass fed bison or game meat that is very close in composition to the animals that true paleos ate versus the fat and pesticide laden, nutrient - deficient, modern livestock meat and farmed seafood.
Plant protein is probably the same in amino acid composition when a variety of sources are eaten, but it adds phyto - nutrients.
Olive oil is also a unique plant oil in terms of its fat composition, containing about three - fourths of its fat in the form of oleic acid (a monounsaturated, omega - 9 fat).
As these foods gradually displaced the minimally processed wild plant and animal foods in hunter - gatherer diets, they adversely affected the following dietary indicators 1) glycemic load, 2), fatty acid composition, 3) macronutrient composition, 4) micronutrient density, 5) acid - base balance, 6) sodium - potassium ratio, and 7) fiber content.
The KDF's achievements has been seen by giving priority to environment through allocating tree planting and maintenance to specific officers, notable in the composition of the nature of climatic conditions in Isiolo.
In his Self - Portrait with Chinese Lantern Plant (1912), Schiele uses a widely varied palette of colors for his face, ear, and neck, while the remaining elements of the composition are treated flatly and monochromatically.
In Landscape Through Planting Time No. 3 (2013 — 16), woodcuts cover a composition of trees by a riverside, with a cityscape in the backgrounIn Landscape Through Planting Time No. 3 (2013 — 16), woodcuts cover a composition of trees by a riverside, with a cityscape in the backgrounin the background.
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