Root Effect of Three Vegetation Types on Shoreline Stabilization of Chongming Island, Shanghai

Pedosphere

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 692-701

  Du, Qin ^a   Zhong, Qi Cheng ^a   Wang, Kai Yun ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coastal erosion; Root length density; Salix babylonica; Soil stability index; Taxodium ascendens

Indexed keywords

COASTAL EROSION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; EROSION CONTROL; HERB; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; REEDBED; ROOT SYSTEM; SEDGE; SHELTERBELT; SHORELINE; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL STABILIZATION; TOPSOIL; VEGETATION TYPE;

CHINA; CHONGMING ISLAND; SHANGHAI;

PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; SALIX; SALIX BABYLONICA; SCIRPUS MARIQUETER; TAXODIUM; TAXODIUM DISTICHUM VAR. IMBRICARIUM;

EID: 77958558519     PISSN: 10020160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1002-0160(10)60059-8     Document Type: Article

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