I'm not so sure about soil but certainly it has been observed in equally complex clinical settings where the process is linked to bacterial virulence.

"They are simple crimes that occurred in a complex setting."

His past two weeks of hide-and-seek with Vordarian's forces seemed to parallel Cordelia's, though in the far more complex setting of the seized capital.

In a more complex setting, it may be asked whether a "natural selection" may be possible, neural networks being the major operative.

In economics, FCMs support the use of game theory in more complex settings.

It is used primarily by developers to debug applications, or by power users to edit hidden and complex settings.

The communications protocols in use on the Internet are designed to function in very complex and diverse settings.

Because of Abkhazia's complex topographic setting, most of the territory has been spared from significant human cultivation and development.

Because of a complex geographic setting, mountains also isolate the northern region of Svaneti from the rest of Georgia.

Never before have I seen it in so complex a setting.