Sentence examples for litter increase from inspiring English sources
For example forest ecosystem accounts for 70%% of litterfall (leaf), but woody litter increase with forest age, however in grassland ecosystem, the annual litterfall is very low due to very little aboveground perennial tissue (Lonsdale 1988).
The reason for this effect is partly that the plant cover gives protection against the rain-drop impact and lessens the crusting effect, while the plant roots and surface litter increase the infiltration.
This would give us a better understanding of how scaling impacts the biology of the mosquitoes, especially as higher quantities of leaf litter increase growth of bacteria, some of which might grow over the vertical surfaces of microcosms, and consequently provide more food to mosquito larvae.
Litter increased in all methods.
Metal and metalloid content in leaf litter increased significantly during decomposition, while at the same time the carbon content decreased.
He described the situation as a health hazard and said that the litter increased the risk of dangerous interactions between people and wildlife.
Changes included declines in C4 perennial grass basal cover with patchy grass mortality, leaf litter increases, shrub declines, and increases in non-native grass Eragrostis lehmanniana.
The patch size of the ground cover beneath canopies was similar to canopy size, and percent ground cover (mainly litter) increased with canopy size.
Results showed that subsurface-banded litter increased forage yield while decreasing nutrient (e.g. N and P) loss in runoff by at least 90% compared to surface-broadcast litter.
We found that short-term additions of litter did not alter the soil microbiome composition, but did affect soil microbial biomass and soil C and N. Relatively more-labile grass clippings stimulated soil C and N accumulation and lower-quality leaf litter increased soil microbial biomass.
In the present study, experiments were designed to determine if the suckling provided by the litter increased OT levels in the spinal cord of dams, as determined by competitive immunoassay.
