What does a negative value of change in shoot biomass indicate?

Biomass is the total mass of a specific organism in the area. If there is a negative value of change in shoot biomass, that mean the mass of the shoot in this period are less than before. This indicate increases in predation/death which reduce the population of the shoot more than its growing rate. The cause could be an increases in predator population or decreases in food/resource.

"menstrual cycle is a complex cycle that consists of several processes. order of occurrence of steps in menstrual cycle are as follows:

1. high progesterone levels maintain the endometrium lining of the uterus.

2. endometrium lining breaks down and low levels of estrogen stimulate the pituitary to release fsh and lh.

3. fsh and lh stimulates the follicles to develop and the oocyte to produce estrogen.

4. rising estrogen levels suppress fsh production and development of other follicles.

5. a spike in lh causes follicle to rupture.

6. a breakdown of corpus luteum causes progesterone level to drop."