Using three-dimensional plant root architecture in models of shallow-slope stability

Annals of Botany

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1281-1293

  Danjon, Frédéric ^a   Barker, David H ^b,e   Drexhage, Michael ^c   Stokes, Alexia ^d  

^a BORDEAUX SCIENCES AGRO   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c LERFoB   (France)

^d UMR AMAP   (France)

^e Prima Subur Sdn Bhd   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

3D digitizing; Landslide; Quercus alba; Root area ratio; Slope stability; Soil cohesion; Soil internal friction angle

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS FOREST; DIGITIZATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOMETRY; LANDSLIDE; MODELING; ROOT ARCHITECTURE; ROOT SYSTEM; SLOPE STABILITY; SOFTWARE; SOIL REINFORCEMENT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOPOLOGY;

QUERCUS ALBA;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; OAK; PLANT ROOT; SOIL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ECOSYSTEM; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT ROOTS; QUERCUS; SOIL;

EID: 48249115519     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcm199     Document Type: Article

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