Comments on "Is soil erosion in olive groves as bad as often claimed?" by L. Fleskens and L. Stroosnijder

Geoderma

Volumn 147, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 93-95

  Gomez J A ^a   Giraldez J V ^a,b   Vanwalleghem, T ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTO DE AGRICULTURA SOSTENIBLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Mediterranean; Olive; Soil erosion; Tillage

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVERGREEN TREE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRUIT PRODUCTION; HILLSLOPE; MEDITERRANEAN SOIL; ORCHARD; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SOIL EROSION; TILLAGE; UPSCALING;

EID: 51449084020     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2008.07.006     Document Type: Article

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