Sentence examples for contributions of soil from inspiring English sources

Contributions of soil science were systematically defined by considering relevant SDGs and the associated ecosystem services (ESs) for six transdisciplinary case studies in the Netherlands and Italy.

The contributions of soil variables to the variations in the yields of cassava (Manihot esculenta), yam (Dioscorea rotundata), maize (Zea mays) and pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan) were evaluated over 2 years in this study.

The contributions of soil macroinvertebrates such as earthworms and termites to soil structure and nutrient cycling are well recognized, but few studies have examined the influence of geophagous millipedes on soil nutrients and structure.

Most of these studies have failed to identify the relative contributions of soil properties, plant cover, and isolation by distance in the spatial patterning of soil microbes (but see [28] for Bacteria).

In contrast the contribution of soil could be another potential contributing factor for the low and intermittent occurrence of BacH in spring water.

Overall, the contribution of soil map derived predictors to the model performance was rather weak.

N addition increased the contribution of soil WFPS, pH and soil NO3− storage.

Moreover, the contribution of soil mass in the dynamic motion of foundations is often neglected.

Amazon Basin forest soils contain considerable soil organic carbon stocks; however, the contribution of soil pyrogenic carbon (PyC) to the total is unknown.

"This suggests that the contribution of soil organisms in invasiveness is two-fold: [Invasives] escape from the bad guys and [get] help from the good guys," notes Wim Van der Putten of the Centre for Terrestrial Ecology in Heteren, The Netherlands.

This study has increased our ability to quantify the positive direct contribution of soil minerals and their negative indirect contribution through associated effects on SOM physical conformation during butachlor sorption in natural soils.