Impact of plant roots on the resistance of soils to erosion by water: a review

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• Publication year

  2005

• Venue

  Progress in Physical Geography

• Publication date

  2005-06-01

• Fields of study

  Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1191/0309133305pp443ra
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