Paper birch and lodgepole pine root reinforcement in coarse-, medium-, and fine-textured soils

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1580-1586

  Campbell, K A ^a   Hawkins, C D B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REINFORCEMENT; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOILS; TEXTURES;

SHEAR RESISTANCE;

FORESTRY;

COHESION; REINFORCEMENT; ROOT SYSTEM; SHEAR STRENGTH; SILVICULTURE; SOIL TEXTURE; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION;

BETULA PAPYRIFERA; PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 0141674542     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x03-076     Document Type: Article

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