The effects of minimal tillage, contour cultivation and in-field vegetative barriers on soil erosion and phosphorus loss

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 145-151

  Stevens, C J ^a,b   Quinton, J N ^a   Bailey, A P ^c   Deasy, C ^a   Silgram, M ^d   Jackson, D R ^d  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beetle bank; Contour cultivation; Minimum tillage; Phosphorus; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

CONTOUR CULTIVATION; ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS; FIELD SCALE; FIRST YEAR; IN-FIELD; MINIMUM TILLAGE; OVERLAND FLOW; PHOSPHORUS LOSS; REDUCED LOSS; SEDIMENT LOSS; SIMILAR PATTERN; SLOPE LENGTH; SOIL EROSION; SURFACE RUNOFFS; TOTAL DISSOLVED PHOSPHORUS; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; TREATMENT AREA;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; CULTIVATION; DISSOLUTION; EROSION; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOILS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SURFACE TREATMENT;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CULTIVATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NUTRIENT LOSS; OVERBANK FLOW; PHOSPHORUS; PLOWING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL EROSION; TILLAGE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

AVENA; COLEOPTERA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 71549149340     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2009.04.009     Document Type: Article

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