Modelling root demography in heterogeneous mountain forests and applications for slope stability analysis

Plant and Soil

Volumn 363, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 357-382

  Mao, Zhun ^a,d   Jourdan, Christophe ^b   Bonis, Marie Laure ^a   Pailler, François ^a   Rey, Hervé ^a   Saint André, Laurent ^b,c   Stokes, Alexia ^a  

^a UMR AMAP   (France)

^b UMR ECO SOLS   (France)

^c Centre INRA de Nancy   (France)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Abies alba; Fine roots; Hurdle model; Landslide; Picea abies; Rhizotron; Zero inflated model

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HETEROGENEITY; LANDSLIDE; MIXED FOREST; MONTANE FOREST; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROOT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SLOPE STABILITY; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL PROFILE;

ABIES; ABIES ALBA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 84872599663     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-012-1324-2     Document Type: Article

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