Landslide Ecology

by Aaron B. Shiels and Lawrence R. Walker

Book Overview

Despite their often dangerous and unpredictable nature, landslides provide fascinating templates for studying how soil organisms, plants and animals respond to such destruction. The emerging field of landslide ecology helps us understand these responses, aiding slope stabilisation and restoration and contributing to the progress made in geological approaches to landslide prediction and mitigation. Summarising the growing body of literature on the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521178401
• ISBN13: 9780521178402
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.9"