Reducing shallow landslide occurrence in pastoral hill country using wide-spaced trees

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 103-114

  Douglas, G B ^a   McIvor, I R ^b   Manderson, A K ^a   Koolaard, J P ^a   Todd, M ^c   Braaksma, S ^d   Gray, R A J ^a  

^a AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^c Horizons Regional Council   (New Zealand)

^d Greater Wellington Regional Council   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Hill country; New Zealand; Pastoral farming; Poplar; Slope stability; Tree pasture systems

Indexed keywords

DISCRIMINATORY POWER; HILL COUNTRY; MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN; NEW ZEALAND; PASTORAL FARMING; POPLAR; SHALLOW LANDSLIDE; SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES;

AGRICULTURE; LANDSLIDES; REFORESTATION; SLOPE STABILITY; STORMS;

SLOPE PROTECTION;

HILL; LANDSLIDE; PASTORALISM; SANDY LOAM; SILTY SOIL; SLOPE ANGLE; SLOPE STABILITY; TREE PLANTING;

AGRICULTURE; EARTH MOVEMENT; EUCALYPTUS; MOUNTAINS; NEW ZEALAND; POPULUS; REFORESTATION; SALIX; SOIL;

NEW ZEALAND;

POPULUS;

EID: 84876156873     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.1106     Document Type: Article

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