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Volume 278, Issue 1-2

December 2005

The Use of Vegetation to Improve Slope Stability

34 articles in this issue

Part I: The Use of Vegetation to Improve Slope Stability

OriginalPaper Pages: ix - ix
The Influence of Cellulose Content on Tensile Strength in Tree Roots
Marie Genet
Alexia Stokes
Rens van Beek
OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 9
Root Strength and Root Area Ratio of Forest Species in Lombardy (Northern Italy)
Gian Battista Bischetti
Enrico A. Chiaradia
Antonio Zocco
OriginalPaper Pages: 11 - 22
Biotechnical Characteristics of Root Systems of Typical Mediterranean Species
Chiara Mattia
Gian Battista Bischetti
Francesco Gentile
OriginalPaper Pages: 23 - 32
Uprooting of Vetiver Uprooting Resistance of Vetiver Grass (Vetiveria zizanioides)
S. B. Mickovski
L. P. H van Beek
F. Salin
OriginalPaper Pages: 33 - 41
Root Reinforcement by Hawthorn and Oak Roots on a Highway Cut-Slope in Southern England
Joanne E. Norris
OriginalPaper Pages: 43 - 53
Observation and Simulation of Root Reinforcement on Abandoned Mediterranean Slopes
L. P. H. van Beek
J. Wint
J. P. Edwards
OriginalPaper Pages: 55 - 74
Root System Asymmetry of Mediterranean Pines
P. Ganatsas
I. Spanos
OriginalPaper Pages: 75 - 83
Root Morphology, Stem Growth and Field Performance of Seedlings of Two Mediterranean Evergreen Oak Species Raised in Different Container Types
M. Tsakaldimi
T. Zagas
P. Ganatsas
OriginalPaper Pages: 85 - 93
Stabilising Characteristics of New Zealand Indigenous Riparian Colonising Plants
M. Marden
D. Rowan
C. Phillips
OriginalPaper Pages: 95 - 105
Mechanical Resistance of Different Tree Species to Rockfall in the French Alps
Alexia Stokes
Franck Salin
Thierry Fourcaud
OriginalPaper Pages: 107 - 117
A Numerical Investigation into the Influence of Soil Type and Root Architecture on Tree Anchorage
Lionel Dupuy
Thierry Fourcaud
Alexia Stokes
OriginalPaper Pages: 119 - 134
Vegetation Succession and its Consequences for Slope Stability in SE Spain
Erik Cammeraat
Rens van Beek
Annemieke Kooijman
OriginalPaper Pages: 135 - 147
Vegetation Dynamics on Sediment Deposits Upstream of Bioengineering Works in Mountainous Marly Gullies in a Mediterranean Climate (Southern Alps, France)
F. Rey
F. Isselin-Nondedeu
A. Bédécarrats
OriginalPaper Pages: 149 - 158
Implementation and Monitoring of Soil Bioengineering Measures at a Landslide in the Middle Mountains of Nepal
Walter Lammeranner
Hans Peter Rauch
Gregor Laaha
OriginalPaper Pages: 159 - 170
Effects of Postfire Logging on Soil and Vegetation Recovery in a Pinus halepensis Mill. Forest of Greece
Ioannis Spanos
Yannis Raftoyannis
Alexandros Tsiontsis
OriginalPaper Pages: 171 - 179
Part II: Regular Articles

OriginalPaper Pages: 181 - 181
Foliar Nitrogen Dynamics and Nitrogen Resorption of a Sandy Shrub Salix gordejevii in Northern China
Zhi-You Yuan
Ling-Hao Li
Shi-Qiang Wan
OriginalPaper Pages: 183 - 193
The Carbon Cost of Protecting the Root Apex from Soil Acidity: A Theoretical Framework
Mark Conyers
Keith Helyar
J. Sergio Moroni
OriginalPaper Pages: 195 - 204
Plant Species Composition Effects on Belowground Properties and the Resistance and Resilience of the Soil Microflora to a Drying Disturbance
K. H. Orwin
D. A. Wardle
OriginalPaper Pages: 205 - 221
Decomposition Dynamics and Physico-chemical Leaf Quality of Abundant Species in a Montane Woodland in Central Argentina
M. V. Vaieretti
N. Pérez Harguindeguy
M. Cabido
OriginalPaper Pages: 223 - 234
The Effect of Biological Soil Crusts on Throughput of Rainwater and N into Lake Michigan Sand Dune Soils
Rachel K. Thiet
R. E. J. Boerner
Richard Jardine
OriginalPaper Pages: 235 - 251
Tolerance to Zinc Deficiency in Rice Correlates with Zinc Uptake and Translocation
Xiaopeng Gao
Chunqin Zou
Ellis Hoffland
OriginalPaper Pages: 253 - 261
Limitations to the Potential of Transgenic Trifolium subterraneum L. Plants that Exude Phytase when Grown in Soils with a Range of Organic P Content
Timothy S. George
Alan E. Richardson
Richard J. Simpson
OriginalPaper Pages: 263 - 274
Nutrient and Carbon Additions to the Microbial Soil Community and its Impact on Tree Seedlings in a Boreal Spruce Forest
K. E. Grønli
Å. Frostegård
M. Ohlson
OriginalPaper Pages: 275 - 291
Depletion of Selenium in Soil Solution due to its Enhanced Sorption in the Rhizosphere of Soybean
Y. Nakamaru
K. Tagami
S. Uchida
OriginalPaper Pages: 293 - 301
Does the Gradualness of Leaf Shedding Govern Nutrient Resorption from Senescing Leaves in Mediterranean Woody Plants?
R. Milla
P. Castro-Díez
G. Montserrat-Martí
OriginalPaper Pages: 303 - 313
Modelling the Long-Term Stabilization of Carbon from Maize in a Silty Soil
B. Ludwig
M. Helfrich
H. Flessa
OriginalPaper Pages: 315 - 325
Soil Microbial Community Changes in Wooded Mountain Pastures due to Simulated Effects of Cattle Grazing
F. Kohler
J. Hamelin
A. Buttler
OriginalPaper Pages: 327 - 340
The Effect of Copper Toxicity on the Growth and Root Morphology of Rhodes Grass (Chloris gayana Knuth.) in Resin Buffered Solution Culture
A. R. Sheldon
N. W. Menzies
OriginalPaper Pages: 341 - 349
Distribution and Partitioning of Newly Taken-up Boron in Sunflower
Toru Matoh
Kumiko Ochiai
OriginalPaper Pages: 351 - 360
Contribution of Mycorrhizal Hyphae to the Uptake of Metal Cations by Cucumber Plants at Two Levels of Phosphorus Supply
Y. -J. Lee
E. George
OriginalPaper Pages: 361 - 370
Whole-Plant Water use and Canopy Conductance of Cassava Under Iimited Available Soil Water and Varying Evaporative Demand
Philip G. Oguntunde
OriginalPaper Pages: 371 - 383
Instructions for Authors

OriginalPaper Pages: 385 - 388

Volume 278, Issue 1-2

Part I: The Use of Vegetation to Improve Slope Stability

The Influence of Cellulose Content on Tensile Strength in Tree Roots

Root Strength and Root Area Ratio of Forest Species in Lombardy (Northern Italy)

Biotechnical Characteristics of Root Systems of Typical Mediterranean Species

Uprooting of Vetiver Uprooting Resistance of Vetiver Grass (Vetiveria zizanioides)

Root Reinforcement by Hawthorn and Oak Roots on a Highway Cut-Slope in Southern England

Observation and Simulation of Root Reinforcement on Abandoned Mediterranean Slopes

Root System Asymmetry of Mediterranean Pines

Root Morphology, Stem Growth and Field Performance of Seedlings of Two Mediterranean Evergreen Oak Species Raised in Different Container Types

Stabilising Characteristics of New Zealand Indigenous Riparian Colonising Plants

Mechanical Resistance of Different Tree Species to Rockfall in the French Alps

A Numerical Investigation into the Influence of Soil Type and Root Architecture on Tree Anchorage

Vegetation Succession and its Consequences for Slope Stability in SE Spain

Vegetation Dynamics on Sediment Deposits Upstream of Bioengineering Works in Mountainous Marly Gullies in a Mediterranean Climate (Southern Alps, France)

Implementation and Monitoring of Soil Bioengineering Measures at a Landslide in the Middle Mountains of Nepal

Effects of Postfire Logging on Soil and Vegetation Recovery in a Pinus halepensis Mill. Forest of Greece

Part II: Regular Articles

Foliar Nitrogen Dynamics and Nitrogen Resorption of a Sandy Shrub Salix gordejevii in Northern China

The Carbon Cost of Protecting the Root Apex from Soil Acidity: A Theoretical Framework

Plant Species Composition Effects on Belowground Properties and the Resistance and Resilience of the Soil Microflora to a Drying Disturbance

Decomposition Dynamics and Physico-chemical Leaf Quality of Abundant Species in a Montane Woodland in Central Argentina

The Effect of Biological Soil Crusts on Throughput of Rainwater and N into Lake Michigan Sand Dune Soils

Tolerance to Zinc Deficiency in Rice Correlates with Zinc Uptake and Translocation

Limitations to the Potential of Transgenic Trifolium subterraneum L. Plants that Exude Phytase when Grown in Soils with a Range of Organic P Content

Nutrient and Carbon Additions to the Microbial Soil Community and its Impact on Tree Seedlings in a Boreal Spruce Forest

Depletion of Selenium in Soil Solution due to its Enhanced Sorption in the Rhizosphere of Soybean

Does the Gradualness of Leaf Shedding Govern Nutrient Resorption from Senescing Leaves in Mediterranean Woody Plants?

Modelling the Long-Term Stabilization of Carbon from Maize in a Silty Soil

Soil Microbial Community Changes in Wooded Mountain Pastures due to Simulated Effects of Cattle Grazing

The Effect of Copper Toxicity on the Growth and Root Morphology of Rhodes Grass (Chloris gayana Knuth.) in Resin Buffered Solution Culture

Distribution and Partitioning of Newly Taken-up Boron in Sunflower

Contribution of Mycorrhizal Hyphae to the Uptake of Metal Cations by Cucumber Plants at Two Levels of Phosphorus Supply

Whole-Plant Water use and Canopy Conductance of Cassava Under Iimited Available Soil Water and Varying Evaporative Demand

Instructions for Authors

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