Dianna K. Bagnall Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
soil sciences
Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA
Xiuping Liu, Department of Soil formation and protection - Biodiversity Biological diversity aids in soil structure creation and maintenance, as well as moisture and nutrient retention. Another factor is the impacts of root systems, which break up soil and rock, allowing water to penetrate, among other things.