Application of ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.) roots to determine erosion rates in mountain torrents

Catena

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 248-258

  Hitz, O M ^a   Gartner H ^b   Heinrich, I ^a   Monbaron, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dendrogeomorphology; Erosion; Roots; Switzerland; Tree rings; Wood anatomy

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; DECIDUOUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; EROSION RATE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLOBAL CHANGE; MOUNTAIN; ROOT; TORRENT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 35648965231     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2007.05.008     Document Type: Article

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