Assessing the soil moisture effects of planted vegetation on slope stability in shallow landslide-prone areas

• Published in: Journal of soils and sediments Vol. 21; no. 7; pp. 2551 - 2565
• Main Authors: Li, Jia, Wang, Xia, Jia, Haixia, Liu, Yang, Zhao, Yunfei, Shi, Changming, Zhang, Furong, Wang, Kaichang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.07.2021; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Earth and Environmental Science; Ecological effects; ecological restoration; Environ Risk Assess; Environment; Environmental Physics; Environmental restoration; Flow channels; Infiltration; Landslides; Landslides & mudslides; Lespedeza bicolor; Moisture content; Moisture effects; Periploca sepium; Plant roots; Porosity; Preferential flow; Punica granatum; Rhizosphere; Roots; Runoff; Safety; safety factor; Safety factors; Saturated soils; Sec 2 • Global Change; Shear strength; Shrubs; Slope stability; Soil conditions; Soil improvement; Soil mechanics; Soil moisture; Soil porosity; Soil Science & Conservation; Soil stability; Soil water; soil water content; Soils; Stability analysis; Sustainable Land Use • Research Article; Vegetation; Water content; Water infiltration; Ziziphus jujuba; Slope stability; Shallow landslides; Root system; Soil moisture

Purpose Soil moisture plays an important factor to impact runoff and the slope stability, but how vegetation affects the soil moisture variability of slope stability is poorly understood. In order to compare the stability of different shrub slopes under the effect of soil moisture, four types of shr...