Sentence examples for access to moisture from inspiring English sources

Members of the family Rhinotermitidae (e.g., Coptotermes) require access to moisture and cannot survive prolonged dry periods.

The tension cracks can allow access to moisture, causing corrosion, separation, and other types of degeneration.

Compacted soil hardpans restrict crop growth by limiting root access to moisture and nutrients in the subsoil.

The low moisture levels in the top 0.3 m of the soil had limited influence on transpiration rates indicating that vegetation must have had access to moisture in deeper layers.

In the 2012 2013 sampling, oviposition occurred preferentially proximally to leaf cracks (possibly induced by intense frost events); we infer that this could be a strategy of this taxon to establish an 'easier' access to moisture.

They inhabit scrubland, succulent desert, and oak woodland, seeking shelter in burrows, thickets, and under rocks in locations with ready access to moisture.

In four-year-old jatropha intercropping, root barriers reduced yields 80% by limiting jatropha root access to soil moisture and nutrients in the maize plantings.

As a coastal site, Poona has direct access to summer moisture, with 4 months averaging >100 mm each.

It is promising that during the recovery period the shallow root resumed growth and reached the same length as in the drained control, allowing access to soil moisture at depth as the soil profile dries later in the season.

Fluxes presented here are comparable to results from similar studies in West and Southern Africa, except the small dry season assimilation attributed to Acacias with access to deep soil moisture.

Fruits and vegetables were enclosed within tephra 'wells' that protected seedlings from the winds and provided them with access to better soils and moisture.