Engineering ecological protection against landslides in diverse mountain forests: Choosing cohesion models

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue , 2012, Pages 55-69

  Mao, Zhun ^a   Saint André, Laurent ^b,f   Genet, Marie ^c   Mine, François Xavier ^d   Jourdan, Christophe ^b   Rey, Hervé ^a   Courbaud, Benoît ^e   Stokes, Alexia ^a  

^a UMR AMAP   (France)

^b UMR ECO SOLS   (France)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^d ISARA   (France)

^e CEMAGREF   (France)

^f Centre INRA de Nancy   (France)

Author keywords

European beech; Norway spruce; Silver fir; Slope stability

Indexed keywords

ABIES ALBA; CROSS-SECTIONAL AREAS; ECOLOGICAL PROTECTION; EUROPEAN BEECH; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FIBER BUNDLE MODELS; HERBACEOUS PLANTS; LITERATURE DATA; META-ANALYSIS; MIXED FORESTS; MIXED SPECIES; MOUNTAIN FORESTS; NORWAY SPRUCE; PICEA ABIES; PLANT FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; PLANT ROOTS; ROOT DENSITY; ROOT DIAMETERS; ROOT NUMBER; ROOT TENSILE STRENGTH; SHALLOW LANDSLIDE; SILVER FIR; SOIL DEPTH; SPATIAL DENSITIES; SPECIES COMPOSITION; TREES AND SHRUBS;

ADHESION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FORESTRY; LANDSLIDES; MODELS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SLOPE PROTECTION; SLOPE STABILITY;

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE);

COEXISTENCE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; LANDSLIDE; MONTANE FOREST; SHRUB; SLOPE STABILIZATION; SOIL REINFORCEMENT; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ABIES ALBA; ADHESION; COMPUTER PROGRAMING; EARTH MOVEMENT; ECOLOGY; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FORESTRY; FORESTS; PICEA ABIES; SLOPE;

ABIES; ABIES ALBA; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 84863005203     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2011.03.026     Document Type: Article

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