Plant functional traits and species ability for sediment retention during concentrated flow erosion

Plant species can have a major effect on erosion dynamics and soil losses by retaining sediment transported during concentrated runoff. Identifying plant functional traits that influence and predict a species ability for sediment trapping is therefore of great interest, especially to improve management and restoration of degraded lands. Sediment trapping ability of four morphologically contrasted species, the broadleaf species Buxus sempervirens...