The effects of vegetation traits and their stability functions in bio-engineered slopes: A perspective review

S Bordoloi, CWW Ng - Engineering Geology, 2020 - Elsevier
Bio-engineered slopes use vegetation as “live” protection elements against the triggering
forces of landslides, erosions and debris flows. In this paper, the effects of basic plant traits …

Protective effects of forests against gravitational natural hazards

F Perzl, A Bono, M Garbarino, R Motta - Protective forests as …, 2021 - iris.unito.it
In this chapter, we give a short overview of the protective effects of forests against snow
avalanches, landslides and rockfall hazards in mountain areas. The overview is based on …

Assessing the protective role of alpine forests against rockfall at regional scale

C Scheidl, M Heiser, S Vospernik, E Lauss… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Worldwide, mountain forests represent a significant factor in reducing rockfall risk over long
periods of time on large potential disposition areas. While the economic value of technical …

Parameterization of rockfall source areas and magnitudes with ecological recorders: when disturbances in trees serve the calibration and validation of simulation runs

C Corona, D Trappmann, M Stoffel - Geomorphology, 2013 - Elsevier
On forested talus slopes which have been build up by rockfall, a strong interaction exists
between the trees and the falling rocks. While the presence and density of vegetation have a …

Managing coppice forests for rockfall protection: lessons from modeling

A Radtke, D Toe, F Berger, S Zerbe, F Bourrier - Annals of Forest Science, 2014 - Springer
Context One eighth of Europe's forests are still managed as coppice. In some European
countries, more than half of the forest exhibits coppice structures from the past or present …

Analysis of the effect of trees on block propagation using a DEM model: implications for rockfall modelling

D Toe, F Bourrier, I Olmedo, JM Monnet, F Berger - Landslides, 2017 - Springer
The objective of this research was to use numerical models based on mechanical
approaches to improve the integration of the protective role of forests against rockfall into …

Potential of two submontane broadleaved species (Acer opalus, Quercus pubescens) to reveal spatiotemporal patterns of rockfall activity

A Favillier, J Lopez-Saez, C Corona, D Trappmann… - Geomorphology, 2015 - Elsevier
Long-term records of rockfalls have proven to be scarce and typically incomplete, especially
in increasingly urbanized areas where inventories are largely absent and the risk associated …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental and numerical dynamic analysis of a live tree stem impacted by a Charpy pendulum

D Bertrand, F Bourrier, I Olmedo, M Brun… - International Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
In recent years, the forest has been used as a protective structure to reduce rockfall
propagation. When a rock propagates down a forested slope, it hits trees and these …

Impact resistance of oil-immersed lignum vitae

W Yin, L Shan, H Lu, Y Zheng, Z Han, Y Tian - Scientific Reports, 2016 - nature.com
Biological materials immersed in vegetable and mineral oil, such as rattan armor and
wooden sleepers, have been extensively used since ancient times because of their …

[HTML][HTML] Dendrogeomorphic assessment of rockfall recurrence intervals at Saint Paul de Varces, Western French Alps

A Favillier, R Mainieri, JL Saez… - Géomorphologie …, 2017 - journals.openedition.org
Determination of spatial and temporal patterns of rockfall events remains a serious
challenge in most mountain areas and especially when it comes to quantitative hazard …