The root-soil system of Norway spruce subjected to turning moment: Resistance as a function of rotation

Plant and Soil

Volumn 300, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 35-49

  Lundstrom T ^a,b   Jonsson, M J ^a   Kalberer, M ^a  

^a WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Allometry; Energy absorption capacity; Mechanical modeling; Protective forest; Tree structure; Uprooting process

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; CONIFEROUS TREE; DEBRIS FLOW; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; POWER LAW; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROOT SYSTEM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 35748965891     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-007-9386-2     Document Type: Article

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