Contour grass strips: A laboratory simulation of their role in erosion control using live grasses

Soil Technology

Volumn 9, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 83-89

  Tadesse, Lakew Desta ^a   Morgan, R P C ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contour grass strips; Festuca ovina; Poa pratensis

Indexed keywords

CONTOUR STRIP; EROSION CONTROL; FESTUCA OVINA; PLANT SPECIES; POA PRATENSIS; ROOT DENSITY; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL LOSS;

EID: 0030464119     PISSN: 09333630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0933-3630(95)00037-2     Document Type: Article

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