Vegetation succession and its consequences for slope stability in SE Spain

Plant and Soil

Volumn 278, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 135-147

  Cammeraat, Erik ^a   Van Beek, Rens ^b   Kooijman, Annemieke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Infiltration; Land abandonment; Macro pore flow; Root strength; Root soil anchoring; Shear strength

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; LANDSLIDE; REVEGETATION; SLOPE STABILITY; SUCCESSION;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 32644442878     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-005-5893-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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