Protective effect of floor cover against soil erosion on steep slopes forested with Chamaecyparis obtusa (hinoki) and other species

Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-35

  Miura, Satoru ^a   Yoshinaga, Shuichiro ^a   Yamada, Tsuyoshi ^a  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chamaecyparis obtusa (hinoki); Floor cover; Soil conservation; Soil erosion; Transport rate

Indexed keywords

EROSION; RAIN; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL CONSERVATION; VEGETATION;

PROTECTIVE EFFECT RATIO; STEEP SLOPES;

FORESTRY;

CHAMAECYPARIS OBTUSA; CRYPTOMERIA; FORESTRY; PINUS DENSIFLORA; PLANTS; RAIN; SEDIMENTS; SOIL EROSION;

CHAMAECYPARIS; CHAMAECYPARIS OBTUSA; CRYPTOMERIA; CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA; JAPONICA; PINUS DENSIFLORA; PINUS RESINOSA;

EID: 0012559818     PISSN: 13416979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s103100300003     Document Type: Article

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