A starting guide to root ecology: strengthening ecological concepts and standardising root classification, sampling, processing and trait measurements

GT Freschet, L Pagès, CM Iversen, LH Comas… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In the context of a recent massive increase in research on plant root functions and their
impact on the environment, root ecologists currently face many important challenges to keep …

Root reinforcement in slope stability models: a review

EB Masi, S Segoni, V Tofani - Geosciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The influence of vegetation on mechanical and hydrological soil behavior represents a
significant factor to be considered in shallow landslides modelling. Among the multiple …

Vegetation-induced soil stabilization in coastal area: An example from a natural mangrove forest

Z Karimi, E Abdi, A Deljouei, A Cislaghi, A Shirvany… - Catena, 2022 - Elsevier
Mangrove forests provide essential ecosystem services in tropical and semitropical regions
by supporting their natural regeneration and other biosystem processes, offering livelihood …

Methods to measure the mechanical behaviour of tree roots: A review

F Giadrossich, M Schwarz, D Cohen, A Cislaghi… - Ecological …, 2017 - Elsevier
The presence of forests on hillslopes significantly reduces the slopes susceptibility to rainfall
triggered shallow landslides. This is due largely to the reinforcement of the hillslope soil by …

Hydro-mechanical effects of vegetation on slope stability: A review

T Lann, H Bao, H Lan, H Zheng, C Yan - Science of the Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
This study explores the complex interplay between vegetation and soil stability on slopes to
enhance soil-bioengineering and slope stabilization techniques. We assess the multifaceted …

A general review of the biomechanics of root anchorage

CJ Stubbs, DD Cook, KJ Niklas - Journal of Experimental Botany, 2019 - academic.oup.com
With few exceptions, terrestrial plants are anchored to substrates by roots that experience
bending and twisting forces resulting from gravity-and wind-induced forces. Mechanical …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of roots cohesion on regional distributed slope stability modelling

EB Masi, V Tofani, G Rossi, S Cuomo, W Wu… - Catena, 2023 - Elsevier
We present a regionally distributed slope stability modelling for shallow landslides
considering the effect of plant roots. Our modelling is based on the physically-based …

Vegetation as a driver of temporal variations in slope stability: The impact of hydrological processes

JH Kim, T Fourcaud, C Jourdan… - Geophysical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Although vegetation is increasingly used to mitigate landslide risks, how vegetation affects
the temporal variability of slope stability is poorly understood, especially in earthquake …

Implications of hornbeam and beech root systems on slope stability: From field and laboratory measurements to modelling methods

A Deljouei, A Cislaghi, E Abdi, SA Borz, B Majnounian… - Plant and Soil, 2023 - Springer
Purpose Root reinforcement is a key parameter in slope stability analysis, but is difficult to be
effectively included at the hillslope-scale due to the complexity of root systems. As a result …

[PDF][PDF] 拉拔作用下护坡植物香根草根系的力学性能

肖海, 张千恒, 夏振尧, 胡欢, 朱庆文, 闫茹冰… - 农业工程 …, 2022 - researchgate.net
植物根系受拔时存在拔断破坏和拔出破坏两种破坏形式, 而关于根系倾角对根系受拔力学性能和
破坏形式的影响尚不清楚. 该研究以香根草作为研究对象, 分析不同直径(0.20~ 1.40 mm) …