Worldwide, shallow slope failure is a problem causing environmental and economic
damage. Vegetation plays an important role for the stabilization of slopes. Accordingly …

Abstract Slope Stability Models (SSMs) are valuable tools used as decision support in land
management to mitigate catastrophic effects caused by rainfall-induced shallow landslides …

Mangrove forests provide essential ecosystem services in tropical and semitropical regions
by supporting their natural regeneration and other biosystem processes, offering livelihood …

Since the late 1960s it became clear that a more sustainable protection of people and
property from the negative impacts of natural hazards will require a more balanced use of …

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 …

In European mountain regions, forests play an important role in the mitigation of risk due to
natural hazards such as landslides, rockfalls, floods and avalanches. Conifer species …

Tree roots have long been recognized to increase slope stability by reinforcing the strength
of soils. Slope stability models usually include the effects of roots by adding an apparent …

It is likely that grassland has a significant effect on the process of soil detachment by
overland flow. This study tests how soil detachment capacity responds to variation in plant …

Forests have an important regulating function on water runoff and the occurrence of shallow
landslides. Their structure and composition directly influence the risk of hydrogeomorphic …

Plant roots are known to provide mechanical reinforcement to soils upon shearing and
seismic loading. However, the effects of different stress paths on root reinforcement remain …