Understanding, management and modelling of urban hydrology and its consequences for receiving waters: A state of the art

TD Fletcher, H Andrieu, P Hamel - Advances in water resources, 2013 - Elsevier
Urban hydrology has evolved to improve the way urban runoff is managed for flood
protection, public health and environmental protection. There have been significant recent …

A review of the mechanical effects of plant roots on concentrated flow erosion rates

W Vannoppen, M Vanmaercke, S De Baets… - Earth-Science …, 2015 - Elsevier
Living plant roots modify both mechanical and hydrological characteristics of the soil matrix
(eg soil aggregate stability by root exudates, soil cohesion, infiltration rate, soil moisture …

Root-induced changes of soil hydraulic properties–A review

J Lu, Q Zhang, AD Werner, Y Li, S Jiang, Z Tan - Journal of Hydrology, 2020 - Elsevier
Regional-scale hydrological investigations that involve vegetation change usually neglect
root-induced modification (RIM) of soil hydraulic properties (SHP). However, there is …

Hydrologic and pollutant removal performance of stormwater biofiltration systems at the field scale

BE Hatt, TD Fletcher, A Deletic - Journal of Hydrology, 2009 - Elsevier
Biofiltration systems are a recommended and increasingly popular technology for
stormwater management; however there is a general lack of performance data for these …

Coarse and fine root plants affect pore size distributions differently

G Bodner, D Leitner, HP Kaul - Plant and Soil, 2014 - Springer
Aims Small scale root-pore interactions require validation of their impact on effective
hydraulic processes at the field scale. Our objective was to develop an interpretative …

Cover crops and their erosion-reducing effects during concentrated flow erosion

S De Baets, J Poesen, J Meersmans, L Serlet - Catena, 2011 - Elsevier
Cover crops are a very effective erosion control and environmental conservation technique.
When cover crops freeze at the beginning of the winter period, the above-ground biomass …

Dryland ecohydrology and climate change: critical issues and technical advances

L Wang, P d'Odorico, JP Evans… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2012 - hess.copernicus.org
Drylands cover about 40% of the terrestrial land surface and account for approximately 40%
of global net primary productivity. Water is fundamental to the biophysical processes that …

Fine roots determine soil infiltration potential than soil water content in semi-arid grassland soils

Z Cui, GL Wu, Z Huang, Y Liu - Journal of hydrology, 2019 - Elsevier
Soil water is the key limiting factor for achieving sustainable revegetation. Soil infiltration rate
plays an important role in determining the inputs from precipitation, which is important for the …

The influence of design parameters on clogging of stormwater biofilters: A large-scale column study

S Le Coustumer, TD Fletcher, A Deletic, S Barraud… - Water research, 2012 - Elsevier
A large-scale laboratory study was conducted to test the influence of design and operating
conditions on the lifespan of stormwater biofilters. The evolution of hydraulic conductivity …

Influence of soil moisture and plant roots on the soil infiltration capacity at different stages in arid grasslands of China

Y Liu, Z Cui, Z Huang, M López-Vicente, GL Wu - Catena, 2019 - Elsevier
The accurate measurement of soil infiltration rates is a challenging task in hydrological
studies, as they are governed by complex interactions between the plant and soil …