Selecting tree species for use in rockfall-protection forests

Forest Snow and Landscape Research

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 77-86

  Stokes, Alexia ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b LIAMA CASIA   (China)

Author keywords

Abies alba Mill.; Alps; Fagus sylvatica L.; Landslide; Larix decidua Mill.; Picea abies L.; Protection forest; Rockfall

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; LANDSLIDE; NATURAL HAZARD; RESEARCH WORK; ROCKFALL; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; TREE;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33745532462     PISSN: 14245108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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