The soils are largely leached, nutrient-poor forest soils.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marine West Coast Forests ecoregion (CEC)] Reference

Why are soils of the world's tropical regions nutrient-poor?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Form and process in physical geography] Reference

Soils are mostly leached, being nutrient-poor to calcium-rich.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eastern Temperate Forests ecoregion (CEC)] Reference

The nutrient-poor sandy soils necessitate shifting cultivation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands] Reference

The soils of these forests are generally acidic and nutrient-poor.    From Wordnik.com.  [Knysna-Amatole montane forests] Reference

•Gneissic soils are typically nutrient-poor, and clay - and iron-rich.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecoregions of New Jersey (EPA)] Reference

Most of us garden in these nutrient-poor and often alkaline, or basic soils.    From Wordnik.com.  [Get the dirt on your soil] Reference

M. quinquenervia is deep rooted and can grow on nutrient-poor coastal soils.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 8] Reference

What makes nutrient-poor mediterranean heathlands so rich in plant diversity?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Swan Coastal Plain scrub and woodlands] Reference

Soils above 1,100 m are nutrient-poor, overlying a base rock of granite and schist.    From Wordnik.com.  [Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina] Reference

Soils derived from these materials are generally coarse-textured and nutrient-poor.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Forests ecoregion (CEC)] Reference

The soils are generally nutrient-poor kaolinic soils and sandy podzols on the slopes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Uatuma-Trombetas moist forests] Reference

Because miombo vegetation grows in nutrient-poor soils, it has a low nutrient content.    From Wordnik.com.  [Angolan Miombo woodlands] Reference

These waters are relatively nutrient-poor and unable to sustain large fish populations.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northeast Australian Shelf Great Barrier Reef large marine ecosystem] Reference

Montane soils also change with altitude, generally becoming more acidic and nutrient-poor.    From Wordnik.com.  [Borneo montane rain forests] Reference

The gleysols formed in this environment are nutrient-poor and have a very low clay content.    From Wordnik.com.  [Western Zambezian grasslands] Reference

Australian waters are relatively nutrient-poor and unable to sustain large fish populations.    From Wordnik.com.  [West-Central Australian Shelf large marine ecosystem] Reference

It is a savanna-like vegetation that grows on nutrient-poor, often deep and well-drained soils.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cerrado] Reference

Rugged terrain, cool temperatures, and nutrient-poor soils sharply limit agricultural potential.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecoregions of Kentucky (EPA)] Reference

The edges of peat swamp forests are relatively nutrient-rich, whereas the center is nutrient-poor.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sumatran peat swamp forests] Reference

The plants which grow on bogs are unique species, adapted to wet, acidic, and nutrient-poor soils.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wetland classifications] Reference

Reversal of grazing impact on plant species richness in nutrient-poor vs. nutrient-rich ecosystems.    From Wordnik.com.  [Herbivory] Reference

The soils are typically well-drained, highly leached, nutrient-poor, and acidic with low organic matter.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eastern Miombo woodlands] Reference

The vegetation is adapted to the xeric, acidic and nutrient-poor conditions that occur primarily in the dry season.    From Wordnik.com.  [Belize] Reference

(Hieracium pilosella/Mouse-ear hawkweed.) THE MOUSE-EAR HAWKWEED tolerates soil that is nutrient-poor and is drought tolerant.    From Wordnik.com.  [Botanical Guide to BorderXing: 10 Topographical Investigations, Part VIII] Reference

In fifteen years the price of vegetables ballooned six times as fast as the cost of sugary, calorie-rich, nutrient-poor sodas.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mark Hyman, MD: The Link Between Poverty, Obesity and Diabetes] Reference

Main Attributes This is a tall tree with promise for winter rainfall areas with nutrient-poor lateritic clays and sandy soils.    From Wordnik.com.  [7. Other Promising Species] Reference

Exposed coral rock erodes into white coral sand that is shallow, alkaline, nutrient-poor, and that has low water retaining capacity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Maldives-Lakshadweep-Chagos Archipelago tropical moist forests] Reference

Jeffrey pine and endemic oak and ceanothus species have evolved to grow in the potentially toxic and nutrient-poor serpentine soils.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecoregions of Oregon (EPA)] Reference

The lowland forests on these nutrient-poor ultrabasic soils have rather short trees, and appear to be dominated by the myrtle family.    From Wordnik.com.  [Biological diversity in Wallacea] Reference

Increased CO2 and temperature will have a small positive effect on biomass production in boreal forest growing on nutrient-poor sites.    From Wordnik.com.  [Direct climate effects on tree growth in the Arctic] Reference

These mounds change soil properties and produce patches rich in nutrients and organic matter within an otherwise nutrient-poor landscape.    From Wordnik.com.  [Angolan Miombo woodlands] Reference

The soils of the Rufiji basin are friable, acidic and nutrient-poor, unsuited to agriculture and in the south, alkaline sands over hardpan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania] Reference