Computed tomography (CT) in combination with advanced image processing can be used to
non-invasively and non-destructively visualize complex interiors of living and non-living …

As an important part of the urban environment, trees have certain risks while living in
harmony with humans. For example, the failure of trees in extreme weather may cause …

Nature-based solutions (NBS) is a collective term for solutions that are based on natural
processes, in healthy or restored ecosystems, and their services to address the three pillars …

Water scarcity in arid and semiarid regions poses problems for agricultural systems,
awakening special interest in the development of deficit irrigation strategies to improve water …

European forests are suffering considerably from the consequences of the droughts of
recent years, and the exact reasons and influencing factors for this are still not fully …

Slope greening is a nature-based solution that brings multiple environmental and societal
benefits to urban built environments. The selection of plant species for this purpose is often …

Understanding root anchorage and reinforcement to soil is crucial to evaluate the stability of
vegetated slopes. Existing numerical models to solve the root–soil interaction have several …

Flooding and salinization triggered by storm surges threaten the survival of coastal forests.
After a storm surge event, soil salinity can increase by evapotranspiration or decrease by …

Trees are a prominent feature of urban ecosystems. Urban tree productivity is a key
component of urban ecosystem energetics and has been identified as a possible pathway …

In this work, we evaluated the influence of root structure on shallow landslide distribution.
Root density measurements were acquired in the field and the corresponding root cohesion …