Impact of plot length on the effectiveness of different soil-surface covers in reducing runoff and soil loss by water

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 654-677

  Smets, T ^a   Poesen, J ^a   Bochet, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Erosion response; Hydrological response; Organic mulches; Plot length; Rock fragments; Spatial scale; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LABORATORY METHOD; MULCH; RUNOFF; SOIL EROSION; SOIL SURFACE; VEGETATION COVER; WATER EROSION;

EID: 67649342657     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309133308101473     Document Type: Article

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