Sentences with phrase «plant diversity also»
Increasing plant diversity also decreases the amount of damage slugs do to individual plants.
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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.
Given this diversity of cruciferous plant parts, it's also important to remember that different parts may require different cooking times for optimal nutrient retention.
Beneficial effects on species density and diversity are also verified for water macro-invertebrates (Odonata, Hemiptera and Gasteropoda) and plants - especially holly - leaf naiad (Najas minor), spiny naiad (Najas marina), alkali (Scirpus maririmus) and some macro-alga.
Planting the first batch of seedlings this year will also increase the genetic diversity in the seeds that the Parks Department will harvest and grow.
«It also presents ways to restore our natural world by planting trees, conserving topsoil, stabilizing water tables, and protecting biological diversity,» says Brown.
Researchers at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) and the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) have now revealed, on the basis of historical data, how plant diversity in the region of Halle an der Saale has changed in over 300 years of urbanization, and have also made predictions about the future.
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.
«Once the diversity of plants decreases, as this paper indicates is true for the relatives of ginkgo, animal life also declines.»
Salt marshes and beaches also support a diversity of plants, animals, and insects crucial to the food chain.
«Plant products in our diet have immense molecular diversity and consequently also have a huge potential for affecting our health and well being.
It is also associated with greater biodiversity of plants, animals, insects and microbes as well as genetic diversity.
But does diversity also get a boost simply from the genetic variation within single plant species?
Her work includes analysis of pond sediments, soils, and more collecting to document plant diversity... We're also hoping to cast a broader net across Providence with an analysis of historical specimens of Plantago [plantain] in an attempt to match terrestrial trends in heavy metal concentration with measurements taken from nearby marine sediments in Narragansett Bay [south of Providence].»
This work on glycoside hydrolases, completed in 2014, not only characterizes the functional diversity of these enzymes, it also identifies ways to combine them to optimize the processing of plants for energy.
It doesn't stop there though, these interactions also alter plant communities composition and diversity», explains the research group leader Dr. Simon Scheiter, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre.
Given this diversity of cruciferous plant parts, it's also important to remember that different parts may require different cooking times for optimal nutrient retention.
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.
The latest in our range of beautifully designed and made trumps games, our US National Parks game enables students to pay a visit to each of the 58 continental US parks, finding out about their various sizes, plant and animal diversity and also visitor numbers.
The plant diversity not only serves as home to a number of wildlife species, but also provides nectaring sources for the return migration of the monarch butterfly.
The Sacred Seeds Sanctuary at Luna Nueva is a dynamic collection of medicinal plants that protects and celebrates not only biological diversity in Costa Rica and the tropics, but also the diversity of cultural knowledge related to these plants worldwide.
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.
Many new enemies were also introduced to add even more elements to the game's diversity, and some regular ones were re-designed and reintroduced as such (like the Goombas and the Piranha Plants).
Animal life, which depends upon plants, also flourishes, and the diversity of plant and animal life is increased.
The projected impacts are also very sensitive to the potential rate of plant movement, and rapid dispersal could mitigate much of the impact on individual species and overall diversity.
When you get more plants, you also get more diversity.
Plant genetic diversity also has the potential to provide traits that can help meet future challenges, such as the need to adapt crops to changing climatic conditions or outbreaks of disease.»
They stress the importance of maintaining a diversity within each crop, because: «Plant genetic diversity also has the potential to provide traits that can help meet future challenges, such as the need to adapt crops to changing climatic conditions or outbreaks of disease.»