Sentence examples for a reduction in soil from inspiring English sources

Studies have shown that a reduction in soil microbial diversity reduces plant growth in that soil.

Assuming uni-dimensional weathering, the rate of chemical weathering can be expressed as a reduction in soil thickness.

Since the policy changed there has been changes in cultivating systems and a reduction in soil erosion has been estimated.

Results highlight how current landscape preservation instruments alone cannot ensure a reduction in soil consumption phenomenon and how urban areas expansion is incompatible with a correct landscape conservation in the study area.

The addition of gypsum and rice straw compost resulted in a reduction in soil bulk density and a corresponding increase in soil porosity in highly saline-sodic soils (p ≤ 0.05).

This may result from a reduction in soil moisture content below a critical level sufficient for transient induction of denitrification but not sufficient to preserve spatial patterns of the denitrification according to relief.

Salinity is discussed from the standpoint of a reduction in soil-water availability to the crop.

Forest area increase in both countries and there is a reduction in Agriculture/Bare soil areas until 2010.

The increase in the thermal gradient led to a reduction in the soil volumetric dilation, strength and the secant modulus, with maximum decreases of 70%, over 80% and nearly 100% for these parameters as a function of thermal gradient increments of 0.2 °C/cm.

All calcareous soil amendments (V+ T, S+ T and V + S + T) caused a significant reduction in soil pH, and a significant increase in electrical conductivity (EC).

Comparing the changes in soil nutrients over time, they found that in frequently burned areas in savannas and broadleaf forests, there was a 36percentt reduction in soil carbon and a 38percentt reduction in nitrogen compared to areas that were protected from fire.