It can be easily split and resists decay, cypress-pine also is termite resistant.
Neisser (1984) uses a different term, he prefers critical threshold, a level that has to be reached, and beyond that threshold knowledge will resist decay.
Coir rope is useful on account of its durability and power of resisting decay during long immersion.
Cedar resists moisture and decay, making it prized for coffins.
Being from a plant that grows in standing water, with humid conditions, the fibre resists decay by humidity and is apt for tropical temperatures.
It can be easily split and resists decay.
Those tree-trunk supports had been impregnated with chapopotli to resist decay, and that made them resistant to our blades as well.
Either the birds survived there much longer or else the remarkable preservative quality of the dry air caused the remains to resist decay.
The posts were chemically treated to resist decay, greatly increasing the useful life of a building.
Protoplasm is so tenacious and durable that even a drowned corpse resists decay for days.