They are therefore very sensitive to excessive soil-borne nutrients.
A few animals alter their food beyond simply cracking nuts or opening shellfish to obtain access to nutrients.
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The Bankers' small stature can be attributed, in part, to limited nutrients in their diet.
Still others are measuring the ways in which the glacier supplies water to the lake and nutrients to the soils around it.
Plant roots follow old root channels in hostile soils for access to water and nutrients.
In those habitats, they sometimes face long spans of time with insufficient access to nutrients.
The presence of a canker restricts access to nutrients and water and could result in tree death.
However, research has shown that the length of these life-history stages are flexible within a group depending on an individual's access to nutrients and temperature.
S. salivarius has distinct characteristics when exposed to different environmental nutrients.