Soil erosion and runoff response to plant-cover strips on semiarid slopes (SE Spain)

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-11

  Martinez Raya A ^a   Duran Zuazo V H ^a,b   Francia Martinez J R ^a  

^a IFAPA CENTRO EL TORUÑO   (Spain)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Almond orchards; Erosion; Mediterranean; Plant cover strips; Runoff; Semiarid; Soil management; Steep slopes

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; EROSION; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; ORCHARDS;

ALMOND ORCHARDS; PLANT-COVER STRIPS; SOIL MANAGEMENT; STEEP SLOPES;

VEGETATION;

RUNOFF; SEMIARID REGION; SLOPE; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; VEGETATION COVER;

FORESTRY; ORCHARDS; PLANTS; PRUNUS; RUNOFF; SLOPE; SOIL EROSION;

ANDALUCIA; BETIC CORDILLERA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SIERRA NEVADA [BETIC CORDILLERA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; LENS CULINARIS; PRUNUS; PRUNUS DULCIS; THYMUS VULGARIS;

EID: 32544445165     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.674     Document Type: Article

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