The effect of plant succession on slope stability

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 139-147

  Osman, Normaniza ^a   Barakbah, S S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Plant biomass; Root length density; Shear strength; Soil penetrability and saturation level

Indexed keywords

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; FIELD INVESTIGATION; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; MIXED CULTURES; NATURAL SUCCESSION; NUMBER OF SPECIES; PLANT BIOMASS; PLANT DIVERSITY; PLANT GROWTH; POSITIVE EFFECTS; ROOT LENGTH DENSITY; SATURATION LEVELS; SOIL SHEAR STRENGTH; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STABILITY OF SLOPES; UNSATURATED CONDITION; VEGETATION BIOMASS;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; GROWTH RATE; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOILS;

SLOPE STABILITY;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIODIVERSITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GRASS; GROWTH RATE; LEGUME; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROOT SYSTEM; SATURATION; SHEAR STRENGTH; SLOPE STABILITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION TYPE;

CERTHIIDAE; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; POACEAE;

EID: 78751706241     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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