Plant-soil reinforcement response under different soil hydrological regimes

Geoderma

Volumn 285, Issue , 2017, Pages 141-150

  Gonzalez Ollauri, Alejandro ^a   Mickovski, Slobodan B ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hydrological regimes; Plant soil; Reinforcement; Suction stress

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONS; LANDSLIDES; MOISTURE; PLANTS (BOTANY); REINFORCEMENT; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION;

ANGLE OF INTERNAL FRICTION; HYDROLOGICAL EFFECTS; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; LABORATORY PROTOCOLS; MECHANICAL EFFECTS; MECHANICAL REINFORCEMENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SUCTION STRESS;

SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; FALLOW; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; LANDSLIDE; MOISTURE CONTENT; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL REINFORCEMENT; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; STRESS;

EID: 84991493089     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2016.10.002     Document Type: Article

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