Sentence examples for encroachment increased from inspiring English sources

Soil macroporosity decreased as shrub encroachment increased.

Pastoralists mentioned that the impact of LULC changes resulted in rangeland degradation, which was explained in terms of bush encroachment, increased grazing pressure, loss of herbaceous vegetation cover, and soil erosion.

The results further showed that the density of bush encroachment was increased at the expense of grassland thereby reducing the capacity of grasslands for cattle production.

Widespread bush encroachment and increased grazing pressure around water points and settlements, as well as intensified cultivation had resulted in the loss of biodiversity (Oba 1998; Oba et al. 2000), altered soil nutrient contents such as nitrogen, phosphorous, organic carbon, and cation exchange capacity (Angassa et al. 2012b) and potentially loss of resilience in the system.

These include pleural thickening adjacent to the tumor, encroachment or increased density of pleural fat or an obtuse angle between the pulmonary mass and the pleural surface.

Kelleway, J. et al. Seventy years of continuous encroachment substantially increases 'blue carbon' capacity as mangroves replace intertidal salt marshes.

Nonetheless, tree encroachment could increase forest protection against landslides and avalanches in the context of global change.

Moreover, the extent of encroachment can increase with greater reductions in flow (Poff and Zimmerman 2010).

Environmental flows will most likely be effective in reducing terrestrial vegetation encroachment by increasing mortality when these flows are sufficient to overcome flood-tolerant species (e.g., river red gum, Eucalyptus camaldulensis).

Typically, land-sharing farms have lower production than do land-sparing farms, which, it is argued, could lead to increased encroachment of farms into natural areas.

In the southern Great Plains, United States, cattle are suspected to have increased encroachment of the woody legume honey mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa Torr).