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Estimating the global root exudate carbon flux
Root exudation, the export of low-molecular weight organic carbon (C) from living plant roots to soil, influences microbial activity, nutrient...
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Effect of herbaceous plant root density on slope stability in a shallow landslide-prone area
To evaluate the effects of herbaceous plants’ roots density on soil structure and slope stability in a shallow landslide-affected area, we determined...
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In-situ Horizontal Extrusion Test of Herbaceous Root-Soil with Different Root Types
The influence of different types of roots on the soil is complex and still remains unclear. Four in-situ extrusion tests were conducted on two types...
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Effects of the Dicranopteris linearis root system and initial moisture content on the soil disintegration characteristics of gully erosion
Benggang erosion is caused by a special type of gully erosion in southern China that seriously endangers the local ecology and environment. In this...
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Shear resistance characteristics and influencing factors of root–soil composite on an alpine metal mine dump slope with different recovery periods
Artificial vegetation restoration is the main measure for vegetation restoration and soil and water conservation in alpine mine dumps on the...
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Modeling soil detachment capacity by rill flow under the effect of freeze–thaw and the root system
Freeze–thaw has a significant impact on soil detachment in areas subject to seasonal freeze–thaw. Plant root system has gradually played a key role...
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Soil organic matter formation and loss are mediated by root exudates in a temperate forest
The amount and composition of root exudates—low-molecular-weight carbon compounds released from living plant roots into soil—are expected to shift...
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Characteristics of root-permeated soil under simple-shear and direct-shear conditions
The simple-shear condition is closer to reality than the direct-shear condition for simulating the mechanical behavior of vegetated soil slope under...
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Dynamic performance of root-reinforced slopes by centrifuge modeling tests
Slope instability is a major problem in geotechnical engineering and can cause catastrophic failure and the loss of human lives. Generally, slope...
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Formation and prolonged preservation of dense arc root cumulates: insights from retrograded eclogite xenoliths in the western Yangtze craton
Delamination of dense mafic/ultramafic materials in arc roots has long been considered as the fundamental step in the paradigm of making an andesitic...
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Freeze-thaw process induced by increased precipitation affects root growth of alpine steppe on the Tibetan Plateau
The response of vegetation productivity to precipitation is becoming a worldwide concern. Most reports on responses of vegetation to precipitation...
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Calibration of the root water uptake spatial distribution of a young Melaleuca styphelioides, an Australian-native plant, by means of a large-scale apparatus experiment
The stability of slopes is greatly influenced by seasonal variations in pore water pressures (pwp) induced by rainfall infiltration and...
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Improving the estimation of thermospheric neutral density via two-step assimilation of in situ neutral density into a numerical model
Neutral thermospheric density is an essential quantity required for precise orbit determination of satellites, collision avoidance of satellites,...
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Vetiver forage yield and nutritive value affected by water irrigation regimes and plant density under Mediterranean climate conditions
Climate change constitutes a threat for the sustainability of fodder crops production. With the aim of introducing vetiver grass as a resilient...
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An Adaptive Conjugate Gradient Least-Squares Regularization (ACGLSR) Method for 3D Gravity Density Inversion
Gravimetric inverse modelling of subsurface mass density plays a key role in a gravimetric interpretation of the Earth’s inner structure. The...
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Modeling agricultural soil bulk density using artificial neural network and adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system
Develo** models that can accurately predict the soil bulk density using other soil parameters is of great importance given the arduous task of...
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Using radio occultation-based electron density profiles for studying sporadic E layer spatial and temporal characteristics
An improved method for identifying sporadic E (Es) layer properties from radio occultation (RO) electron density profiles (EDPs) is presented. The...
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Assessing the Minimum Safe Drilling Mud Weight to Avoid Damage Zone by Frictional-Strengthening Cohesion-Weakening Models
In order to evaluate the potential of wellbore stability and required drilling mud weight, a realistic advanced elastoplastic model representing...
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Fast calculation of gravitational effects using tesseroids with a polynomial density of arbitrary degree in depth
Fast and accurate calculation of gravitational effects on a regional or global scale with complex density environment is a critical issue in...
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A Three-Dimensional Density Model of the Upper Crust at the Junction of the Losevo and Vorontsovka Terranes (Voronezh Crystalline Massif)
AbstractThe detailed three-dimensional density modeling results obtained for the upper part of the earth’s crust in the area located in the...
