Root site occupancy modelling of young New Zealand native plants: Implications for soil reinforcement

Plant and Soil

Volumn 346, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 201-214

  Phillips, Chris John ^a   Ekanayake, Jagath C ^a   Marden, Mike ^b  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b Landcare Research Gisborne   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Native plants; Root site occupancy model; Roots; Soil reinforcement

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; HILLSLOPE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NATIVE SPECIES; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESEARCH WORK; RIVER BANK; ROOT; SHRUB; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL REINFORCEMENT; SOIL STABILIZATION; SURFACE AREA;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 80051665006     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-0810-2     Document Type: Article

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