Soil degradation is a worsening global phenomenon driven by socio‐economic pressures,
poor land management practices and climate change. A deterioration of soil structure at …

Grazing animals exert pressure on the ground comparable to that of agricultural machinery.
As a result, soil under pasture can be compacted. In grazing systems based on permanent …

Soil structure is defined as “the spatial heterogeneity of the different components or
properties of soil”. Aspects of soil structure which are important for plant development, soil …

ABSTRACT Oades, JM, 1993. The role of biology in the formation, stabilization and
degradation of soil structure. In: L. Brussaard and MJ Kooistra (Editors), Int. Workshop on …

The structure of soil can determine both the effectiveness and the impact of farming
practices. Soil structure influences the extent to which crop breeding and the management of …

Compacted soils are not uniformly hard; they usually contain structural cracks and biopores,
the continuous large pores that are formed by soil fauna and by roots of previous crops …

Compaction implies an increase in soil bulk density and associated with this are increases
in soil strength, and decreases in air permeability and hydraulic conductivity. This paper …

In this opinion article we examine the relationship between penetrometer resistance and soil
depth in the field. Assuming that root growth is inhibited at penetrometer resistances> 2.5 …

A number of “natural” processes and their roles in soil amelioration are discussed and some
new results are presented. Drying of soil produces cracks which can provide paths of low …

We quantify mechanical processes common to soil penetration by earthworms and growing
plant roots, including the energetic requirements for soil plastic displacement. The basic …