1·Today we take for granted that they're horizontal bands of plant communities.
如今，我们想当然地认为它们是水平的条状植物群落。
2·But during the Ice Age, these plant communities actually grew together, mixed with one another.
但在冰河时代，这些植物群落实际上一起生长，彼此混杂在一起。
3·Pioneer and successional plant communities are said to change over periods from 1 to 500 years.
先驱者和演替植物群落据说是以1-500年的时间区间变化的。
4·Ecologists use the term "succession" to refer to the changes that happen in plant communities and ecosystems over time.
生态学家使用“演替”一词来指植物群落和生态系统随时间发生的变化。
5·Plant communities assemble themselves flexibly, and their particular structure depends on the specific history of the area.
植物群落可以自由地聚集，并且，它们的特殊结构由该区域的具体历史情况所决定。
6·When the seasons became more distinct, the plant communities were pulled apart, that meant, in any given area, there was less plant diversity.
当季节变得更分明，植物群落逐渐分开，也就意味着任何一个特定的地区的植物种类多样性都会降低。
7·As a result of these diverse methods by which plants supply resources, unique soil communities form under different plant species and under plant communities that differ in composition.
由于植物提供资源的方法不同，在不同的植物种类和组成不同的植物群落下形成了独特的土壤群落。
8·Plant communities' succession happened significantly.
群落发生了明显的演替。
9·The fog nourishes plant communities from cactuses to ferns.
这雾滋养植物群体从仙人掌到蕨类。
10·That would help resolve what is going on in the plant communities.
这有助于发现在植物的世界里所发生的一切。