Sentence examples for decay of tree from inspiring English sources

Both studies saw the later period of post-fire debris flow occurrence as linked to the decay of tree roots in burned, forested drainage basins.

As discussed by Burch et al. (1987) and Taniguchi (1997), the soil water flow under natural vegetation is enhanced by macropores created by worms and other soil fauna and by the growth and decay of tree roots.

This later period of debris flow susceptibility is largely attributable to the fire-induced tree mortality and subsequent decay of tree root networks decreasing soil strength on steep hillslopes which produces an increased likelihood of debris flow occurrence 3 to 10 or more years after the wildfire.

Decay indices of tree nodes were determined using the program TreeRot v3 [ 40].

ASGV infection is mostly symptomless (latent) in apple cultivars, depending on the virus strain, however some cultivars are susceptible and may develop severe symptoms such as xylem pitting and grooving, phloem necrosis and the complete decay of the tree [ 3].

On the island of Sardinia the destruction of the carob forests and on the Apulian Plain the decay of olive trees and shore vegetation have produced steppes of tough plants such as the various sorts of feather grass.

Our bodies, the decaying trunks of trees, the gills of wormlike mollusks, even bacteria carry smaller forms of life somewhere, to do something.

In the wild, extractive foraging is most strongly associated with the decaying stumps of trees, but aye-ayes do sometimes excavate living tissues (e.g., branches of Protorhus sp.; trees of Anthocleista spp).

The 19th-century buildings at the former lighthouse service depot on the North Shore of Staten Island are in such a state of decay that tree branches reach out of the dormer windows.

Countering the decreasing soil shear strength resulting from root decay of fire-killed trees with the increasing root strength of growing replanted trees is optimal when implemented within 1 to 2 years after the wildfire.

Shigo was a passionate tree specialist whose theory of compartmentalisation of tree decay changed the way trees are pruned.