Sentences with phrase «various ecological processes»

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«These organisms fulfill various functions, like allowing the soil to absorb processed organic matter such as leaves, wood, trunks and branches and with this nourishing crops; they also maintain an ecological balance capable of preventing the invasion of pests and provide greater fertility without using chemicals.

Different individuals of arctic charr are - despite being the same species - in the process of developing various attributes that allow them to better utilise different local ecological niches and resources in the lake.

M. Davis et al., «New England — Acadian Forests,» in Taylor H. Ricketts et al., eds., Terrestrial Ecoregions of North America: A Conservation Assessment (Washington, DC: Island Press, 1999); David R. Foster, «Harvard Forest: Addressing Major Issues in Policy Debates and in the Understanding of Ecosystem Process and Pattern,» LTER Network News: The Newsletter of the Long Term Ecological Network, spring / summer 1996; U.S. Forest Service, «2006 Forest Health Highlights,» various state sheets, at fhm.fs.fed.us, viewed 2 August 2007.

Various Municipalities are promoting the development of small scale enterprises: suppliers of (often ecological) farm inputs (compost, earthworms, open pollinated seeds and plant materials, bio-pesticides) and processing enterprises (food preservation, packaging, street vending, transport) by provision of start - up licenses and subsidies or tax reductions to micro - and small entrepreneurs, provision of technical and management assistance to micro - and small enterprises or provision of subsidies and technical assistance for local infrastructure and equipment for small scale food preservation and storage facilities.