The process that occurs when a large air mass expands after having been forced over a mountain range and becomes warmer and dryer as a result of the expansion. Depends on the amount and type of clay and the amount and humification of organic matter in soil. Cellulose can only be digested by bacteria, which often grow symbiotically in the guts of animals like ruminants and termites. A reaction between a metallic ion and an organic compound that removes the metallic ion from solution. Chelation is a natural reaction in most soils and is enhanced by organic matter , especially humus .
Chelation is similar to cation exchange , except that it usually is more stable in holding ions.
N ratio s are usually mixed to improve decomposition rates in composting . An individual produced asexually from the tissues, cells, or genome of another individual. A clone is genetically identical to the individual from which it was derived. All the organisms living together in a particular location. A nationwide movement linking local consumers and farmers into communities.