Sentence examples for altering the soil from inspiring English sources

Pocket gophers (Geomyidae) and their ecological cognates worldwide have profound impacts on ecosystems, from consuming vegetation to altering the soil physically.

A phylogenetic analysis showed that most of the DGGE bands derived belonged to Nitrosospira cluster 3, not Nitrosospira cluster 2. These demonstrated that different land use and fertilization significantly influenced the activity and composition of the AOB community by altering the soil properties, mainly including pH, total C, available K, and available P.

Belowground microorganisms are known to influence plants' performance by altering the soil environment.

They also indirectly influence earthworm populations by altering the soil properties, forming patches beneath tree canopies that influence community structure and ecosystem function [ 51, 52].

Nevertheless, says Simpson, global warming may change present-day decomposition patterns by altering the soil microbial communities and activities, thus changing the overall flow of carbon into and out of the soil and affecting soil fertility as well.

Water availability treatments involved altering the soil moisture content of tea plants to simulate conditions that exist during the spring harvest in tropical southwestern China and extreme precipitation events of drought and heavy monsoon rains (Dou et al. 2007), hereafter termed moderate water, low water and high water, respectively.

Overall, our results allow us to conclude that C. sumatrensis does alter the soil microbial diversity in the invaded habitats.

Earthworms are often referred to as ecosystem engineers due to their ability to alter the soil environment.

The microbes' activity altered the soil chemistry, creating favorable conditions for a type of magnesium-rich carbonate rock called dolomite to form.

Introduction and long-time cultivation of L. kaempferi significantly altered the soil microbial functional diversity and activity and the soil physicochemical properties.

In pre-monsoon, RSC of about 5.7% of samples was higher which when used for a longer time alter the soil properties and reduce crop production.