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 …

Ecological mitigation of hillslope instability: ten key issues facing researchers and practitioners

A Stokes, GB Douglas, T Fourcaud, F Giadrossich… - Plant and Soil, 2014 - Springer
Background Plants alter their environment in a number of ways. With correct management,
plant communities can positively impact soil degradation processes such as surface erosion …

[HTML][HTML] The influence of land use and land cover change on landslide susceptibility: a case study in Zhushan Town, Xuan'en County (Hubei, China)

L Chen, Z Guo, K Yin, DP Shrestha… - Natural hazards and …, 2019 - nhess.copernicus.org
Land use and land cover change can increase or decrease landslide susceptibility (LS) in
the mountainous areas. In the hilly and mountainous part of southwestern China, land use …

The influence of land use change on landslide susceptibility zonation: the Briga catchment test site (Messina, Italy)

P Reichenbach, C Busca, AC Mondini… - Environmental …, 2014 - Springer
The spatial distribution of landslides is influenced by different climatic conditions and
environmental settings including topography, morphology, hydrology, lithology, and land …

Reductions in water, soil and nutrient losses and pesticide pollution in agroforestry practices: a review of evidence and processes

X Zhu, W Liu, J Chen, LA Bruijnzeel, Z Mao, X Yang… - Plant and Soil, 2020 - Springer
Background and aims Agroforestry systems combining trees with crops or pastures have
been widely used to reduce water, soil, and nutrient losses and associated water pollution …

A 3D root system morphological and mechanical model based on L-Systems and its application to estimate the shear strength of root-soil composites

H Xu, XY Wang, CN Liu, JN Chen, C Zhang - Soil and Tillage Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Plant roots can strengthen soil significantly. This study aimed to develop a high-fidelity 3D
root system morphological model for the mechanical analysis of root-soil composites …

黄河源区高寒草地不同深度土壤理化性质与抗剪强度关系研究.

申紫雁, 刘昌义, 胡夏嵩, 周林虎… - Arid Zone Research …, 2021 - search.ebscohost.com
以黄河源区的高寒草地为研究对象, 探讨了草地和裸地在0~ 10 cm, 10~ 20 cm, 20~ 30 cm, 30~
40 cm 和40~ 50 cm 5 种不同深度土壤理化性质和根-土复合体抗剪强度特征. 研究结果表明 …

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 …

Variations in the susceptibility to landslides, as a consequence of land cover changes: A look to the past, and another towards the future

L Pisano, V Zumpano, Ž Malek, CM Rosskopf… - Science of The Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
Land cover is one of the most important conditioning factors in landslide susceptibility
analysis. Usually it is considered as a static factor, but it has proven to be dynamic, with …

Contribution of fine roots mechanical property of Poaceae grasses to soil erosion resistance on the Loess Plateau

YF Liu, LC Meng, Z Huang, ZH Shi, GL Wu - Geoderma, 2022 - Elsevier
Plant roots play a key role in soil erosion process, but less studies are focused on analyze
the soil erosion resistance in terms of grassland roots mechanical properties. The objective …