Effects of agricultural management on surface soil properties and soil-water losses in eastern Spain

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 117-123

  Garcia Orenes F ^a   Cerda A ^b   Mataix Solera, J ^a   Guerrero, C ^a   Bodi M B ^a,b   Arcenegui, V ^a   Zornoza, R ^a   Sempere, J G ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aggregate stability; Agriculture management; Chipped pruned branches; Herbicide; Microbial biomass; Plough; Soil erosion; Spain; Straw mulch; Weeds

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE STABILITY; AGRICULTURE MANAGEMENT; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; SOIL EROSION; STRAW MULCH;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; HERBICIDES; LAND USE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL TESTING; SOILS; WATER TREATMENT; WEED CONTROL;

EROSION;

AGGREGATE STABILITY; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; BIOMASS; EROSION CONTROL; HERBICIDE; LAND MANAGEMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MULCHING; PLOWING; SAMPLING; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL WATER; STRAW; WEED;

COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 71549137730     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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