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Soil Penetration by Earthworms and Plant Roots—Mechanical Energetics of Bioturbation of Compacted Soils

We quantify mechanical processes common to soil penetration by earthworms and growing plant roots, including the energetic requirements for soil plastic displacement. The basic mechanical model considers cavity expansion into a plastic wet soil involving wedging by root tips or earthworms via cone-l...

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Published in:PLoS One
Main Authors: Ruiz, Siul, Or, Dani, Schymanski, Stanislaus J.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4472233/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26087130
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0128914
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