biotic
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“Drought stress opens a window for biotic agents that might otherwise not be able to overcome a healthy, well-defended tree,” said Tobin.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 17, 2023
"The current trend of carbon-focused tree planting is taking us along the path of large-scale biotic and functional homogenization for little carbon gain," the authors write.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2023
This new AI technique works by recognizing patterns across the composition of various samples and categorizing them as living or nonliving based on what it "knows" about patterns of biotic or abiotic objects.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2023
The abyssal plains are strewn with mineral nodules that coalesce around biotic seeds such as sharks' teeth, accumulating cobalt and other metals integral to lithium-ion batteries.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 20, 2023
The new biotic control of insects is not wholly a matter of electronics and gamma radiation and other products of man’s inventive mind.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
Vocabulary lists containing biotic
Words to Live By: Bio
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Ecology - Middle School
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