1 a person who acquires goods and services for his or her own personal needs. Compare â producer â 6. 2 a person or thing that consumes. 3 usually pl (Ecology) an organism, esp. an animal, within a community that feeds upon plants or other animals.
Characterization of a Sandy Soil by Three Sampling Methods 365. The challenge in defining the variability in the soil is not only how to define these. natural bodies, but also how to quantify the constituents within the soil.
term soil, the reader is directed to turn his attention to Figs. 1 and 2, which represent typical soils as found in the United States and other parts of the world. The pedologist's concept of soil is not that of a . From: FACTORS OF SOIL FORMATION\rA System of Quantitative Pedology\rby\rHANS JENNY, 1941.\r