Revegetation condition and morphological characteristics of grass species observed in landslide scars, Shintategawa watershed, Fukuoka, Japan

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2238-2244

  Devkota, Bimala Devi ^a   Omura, H ^a   Kubota, T ^a   Paudel, P ^a   Inoue, S ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japan; Landslide scar; Pullout resistive force; Re vegetation; Root morphology

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS PLANTS; JAPAN; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTIC; MORPHOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RELATIVE FREQUENCIES; RESISTIVE FORCES; ROOT MORPHOLOGY; ROOT: SHOOT RATIOS;

REVEGETATION; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS; VEGETATION;

LANDSLIDES;

EID: 33749118246     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2006.2238.2244     Document Type: Article

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