Soil reinforcement by the roots of six dominant species on eroded mountainous marly slopes (Southern Alps, France)

Catena

Volumn 84, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 70-78

  Burylo, M ^a   Hudek, C ^b   Rey, F ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b Operációkutatás és Aktuáriustudományok Tanszék docense   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Erosion; Marls; Root area ratio; Root system; Root tensile strength; Soil reinforcement

Indexed keywords

COHESION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DOMINANCE; EROSION CONTROL; HERB; MOUNTAIN REGION; ROOT SYSTEM; SHEAR STRENGTH; SHRUB; SLOPE STABILITY; SOIL EROSION; SOIL REINFORCEMENT; TENSILE STRENGTH; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VULNERABILITY;

FRANCE; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS;

ACHNATHERUM; CALAMAGROSTIS; GENISTA; GENISTA CINEREA; PINUS NIGRA; QUERCUS PUBESCENS; THYMUS SERPYLLUM;

EID: 78649771603     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2010.09.007     Document Type: Article

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