Sentence examples for modify soil properties from inspiring English sources
Soil compaction is known to drastically modify soil properties and hence to affect both plant growth and metal distribution in the soil.
In addition, biochar is also linked to the water-energy-food nexus (WEFN) through its potential to modify soil properties to improve agricultural productivity.
Human activities are known to modify soil properties; however, the associated modifications to soil processes are poorly documented, as they must be studied over long time scales.
We question whether the survival and viability of these earthworm populations is a function of soil preference and whether there are significant differences in terms of how the two groups are influenced by and modify soil properties and plant growth.
Soil erosion can modify soil properties by reducing soil depth, changing soil texture, and by the loss of nutrients and organic matter (Lobe et al. 2001).
Soil properties can modify the influence of fungi on plants and management practices that modify soil properties could be used to maximize the beneficial effects of inoculants.
Burrowing by semi-fossorial rodents modifies soil properties and plant communities.
The spatial arrangement of B. bryzantha tussocks influences soil macrofauna biodiversity by modifying soil properties in their vicinity.
Moreover, it is now well accepted that chemical contaminants are capable of changing soil properties either by inducing direct chemical or physical changes, or through indirect changes by, e.g., influencing biological activity that in turn modifies soil properties.
Fungus-growing termites (Isoptera, Macrotermitinae) play an important role in tropical ecosystems: they modify soil physical properties and thereby make food available for other organisms.
The integration of concepts underlying dynamic processes that modify soil pore spaces and bulk properties will improve the understanding of how soil management affect vital soil mechanical, hydraulic and ecological functions supporting plant growth.
