Mechanical interactions between neighbouring roots during pullout tests

Plant and Soil

Volumn 367, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 391-406

  Giadrossich, F ^a   Schwarz, M ^b,c   Cohen, D ^d,e   Preti, F ^f   Or, D ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b BERN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^e IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^g ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bundle of roots; Friction; Picea abies; Pullout tests; Roots interactions

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; GEOMETRY; LANDSCAPE; MATRIX; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PULLOUT TEST; ROOT;

PICEA ABIES;

EID: 84878530738     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-012-1475-1     Document Type: Article

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