Influence of slope on root system anchorage of Pinus yunnanensis

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 60-67

  Sun, Hai Long ^a,c   Li, Shao Cai ^a,b,c   Xiong, Wen Lan ^c   Yang, Zhi Rong ^a   Cui, Bao Shan ^b   Tao Yang, ^c  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Sichuan Lizi Bioenvironmental Engineering Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Anchorage; Ecological engineering; Pinus yunnanensis; Root system; Slope gradient

Indexed keywords

PLANTS (BOTANY); REFORESTATION;

ANCHORAGE; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; ROOT SYSTEM; SLOPE GRADIENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; PLANTS (BOTANY); REFORESTATION;

CONIFEROUS TREE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; REFORESTATION; ROOT SYSTEM; SLOPE;

ECOLOGY; PINUS YUNNANENSIS; PLANTS; REFORESTATION;

PINUS YUNNANENSIS;

EID: 37349037570     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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