The influence of plant root systems on subsurface flow: Implications for slope stability

BioScience

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 869-879

  Ghestem, Murielle ^a   Sidle, Roy C ^b   Stokes, Alexia ^c  

^a AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^b UMR AMAP   (France)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

landslides; macropores; preferential flow paths; root architecture; root channels

Indexed keywords

EID: 81355142741     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/bio.2011.61.11.6     Document Type: Article

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