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Root Channel Flow

Root Channel Flow is a preferential flow pathway in unsaturated forest soils wherein water moves rapidly along the vertical macropores created by decaying plant roots, distinguished from other infiltration processes by its reliance on biologically generated conduits that enhance subsurface transport efficiency.

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2017–2026

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The Influence of Plant Root Systems on Subsurface Flow: Implications for Slope Stability

Murielle Ghestem, Roy C. Sidle, Alexia Stokes · BioScience · 2011 · 525 citations

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Stemflow, throughfall and channelization of stemflow by roots in three Chihuahuan desert shrubs

Ernesto Martinez-Meza · Journal of Arid Environments · 1996 · 317 citations

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Preferential water flow: Influence of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) decayed root channels on soil water infiltration

Lei Guo, Yü Liu, Gao‐Lin Wu et al. · Journal of Hydrology · 2019 · 134 citations

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Exploring carbon flow through the root channel in a temperate forest soil food web

Kadeem Gilbert, Timothy J. Fahey, John C. Maerz et al. · Soil Biology and Biochemistry · 2014 · 80 citations · Full text

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Old tree root channels in acid soils in the humid tropics: Important for crop root penetration, water infiltration and nitrogen management

Meine van Noordwijk, Widianto, M. Heinen et al. · Plant and Soil · 1991 · 65 citations

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Authors

58

  1. ZL
    Ziteng Luo

    Beijing Forestry University, China

    2 publications · 107 citations

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  2. RC
    Roy C. Sidle

    Kyoto University, Japan

    2 publications · 582 citations

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  3. BX
    Baoyuan Xie

    Beijing Forestry University, China

    2 publications · 107 citations

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  4. AS
    Alexia Stokes

    UMR Botanique et Modélisation de l’Architecture des Plantes et des végétations, France

    2 publications · 582 citations

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  5. XC
    Xiongwen Chen

    Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University, United States

    2 publications · 107 citations

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Institutions

30

  1. Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University

    Huntsville, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    107 citations

  2. Beijing Forestry University

    Beijing, China

    2 h-index

    14 publications

    749 citations

  3. Lund University

    Lund, Sweden

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    152 citations

  4. Beijing Foresty Machinery Institute

    Beijing, China

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    62 citations

  5. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    1 h-index

    5 publications

    400 citations

  6. École Pratique des Hautes Études

    Paris, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    57 citations

  7. University of Central Florida

    Orlando, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    80 citations

  8. Centre d'Écologie Fonctionnelle et Évolutive

    Montpellier, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    57 citations

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Venues

  1. Plant and Soil

    2 publications · 116 citations

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  2. Forests

    1 publications · 45 citations

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  3. Soil Biology and Biochemistry

    1 publications · 80 citations

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  4. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland

    1 publications · 10 citations

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  5. Journal of Hydrology

    1 publications · 134 citations

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