Control of pore geometry in soil microcosms and its effect on the growth and spread of Pseudomonas and Bacillus sp. [PDF]
, 2017 Simplified experimental systems, often referred to as microcosms, have played a central role in the development of modern ecological thinking on issues ranging from competitive exclusion to examination of spatial resources and competition mechanisms ...
Baveye, Philippe C. +5 more
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Improving soil physical properties through the use of cover crops: A review
Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment, 2020 Improving soil physical properties is important to soil conservation. Cover cropping can improve soil physical properties and organic matter content which can reduce soil loss, and thereby improve land productivity and environmental quality.
Samuel I. Haruna +6 more
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Physical soil quality indicators for monitoring British soils [PDF]
, 2016 The condition or quality of soils determines its ability to deliver a range of functions that support ecosystem services, human health and wellbeing. The increasing policy imperative to implement successful soil monitoring programmes has resulted in the ...
Corstanje, Ronald +7 more
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DOES THE REMOVAL OF RESIDUAL BIOMASS FROM Pinus taeda L. ALTER THE PHYSICAL QUALITY OF A DYSTROFERRIC RED LATOSOL (OXISOL)? [PDF]
Revista ÁrvoreEconomic development and environmental concerns have progressed jointly in recent years, increasing the need to mitigate the negative impacts of mechanized forest harvesting, particularly on soil physical quality.
Denise Andreia Szymczak +6 more
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The soil quality concept and its importance in the study of Finnish arable soils [PDF]
, 2002 Arable soil is a functional unit whose condition is vital to crop production, but also to ecosystems at large owing to the significant role of soil in global nutrient cycles and balances.
Nuutinen, Visa, Palojärvi, Ansa
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Effects of sodicity induced changes in soil physical properties on paddy root growth
Plant, Soil and Environment, 2014 A study was conducted to investigate the influence of sodicity induced changes in soil physical properties on paddy root growth in the normal agriculture, semi-reclaimed and sodic soils.
P.K. Srivastava +5 more
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Natural recovery assessment of some physical properties of forest soil compacted by ground base skidding [PDF]
تحقیقات جنگل و صنوبر ایران, 2012 Skidding machinery traffic can have a long-term detrimental impact on soil physical properties such as bulk density and strenght. Therefore, the trial was conducted to investigate the recovery status of soil physical properties, compacted during twenty ...
Zahra Mohammadi +4 more
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The influences of basic physical properties of clayey silt and silty sand on its laboratory electrical resistivity value in loose and dense conditions [PDF]
, 2017 Non-destructive test which refers to electrical resistivity method is recently popular in engineering, environmental, archaeological and mining studies.
Ahmad Tajudin, Saiful Azhar +6 more
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Study Some Physical Properties For Soil In Tuz khormatu North Of Iraq
Tikrit Journal of Pure Science, 2023 In this research, a study of some physical properties for the soil of tuz khormatu have been achieved of evaluating these properties represented by physical properties for five locations with different depths.
Abdullah Fouad Ibrahim Al Bayaty +1 more
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Terracing Recovers the Quality of a Riverbank Soil Degraded by Water Erosion in Brazilian Semiarid
Floresta e Ambiente, 2020 Soil physical-hydraulic properties are among the most important indicators for evaluating soil quality. This study aimed to experimentally demonstrate how the construction of terraces can affect physical-hydraulic properties of a soil degraded by water ...
Alisson Jadavi Pereira da Silva +1 more
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