Animal-powered tillage erosion assessment in the southern Andes region of Ecuador

Geomorphology

Volumn 87, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 4-15

  Dercon, G ^a,b   Govers, G ^b   Poesen, J ^b   Sanchez H ^a   Rombaut, K ^b   Vandenbroeck, E ^b   Loaiza, G ^a   Deckers, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE CUENCA   (Ecuador)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Andes; Animal powered tillage; Ard plough; Soil conservation; Tillage erosion

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION TILLAGE; EROSION CONTROL; EROSION RATE; PLOWING; SLOPE; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL QUALITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER EROSION;

ANDES; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34247617795     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.06.045     Document Type: Article

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