Sentence examples for grassland soil from inspiring English sources

The soils under trees, for instance, are much more acidic and contain much less humus than those under grass, and nitrogen content is considerably greater in the grassland soil.

The SOC content was higher in forest than grassland soil in the particle-size fraction samples.

A grassland soil (Haplic Cambisol) was chosen since its aggregates were not disturbed by tillage.

Fire-affected grassland soil appeared to have lower TOC than forest soils in all soil particle-size fractions in our study.

Even so, the majority of P in typical grassland soil is present as organic P which represents a large pool of potentially available nutrient (Bourke et al. 2008).

The second greatest C functional group in the soil was alkyl-C, with higher content in forest than grassland soil (P = 0.002).

With its high organic matter and mineral content, the grassland soils are among Canada's most fertile.

Chernozems (from the Russian words for "black earth") are humus-rich grassland soils used extensively for growing cereals or for raising livestock.

Similar prairie grassland soils lie in the Peace River country, the only part of the province suitable for large-scale grain farming.

Dr. Hu and Dr. Field's research found that increased carbon dioxide levels over several years led indirectly to a starvation of microbial activity in grassland soils, lowering decomposition rates.

Grassland soils vary in colour from very dark (almost black) in the more humid central zones to dark brown over much of the southern prairie and lighter brown in the drier southwest regions.