Grass hedges to reduce overland flow and soil erosion

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 481-485

  Wu, J Y ^a   Huang, D ^a   Teng, W J ^a   Sardo, V I ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Filter strips; Natural engineering; Overland flow; Rain simulator; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

EROSION CONTROL; GRASS; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; OVERLAND FLOW; PERENNIAL PLANT; RAINGAUGE; SIMULATOR; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TOPSOIL; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

ARUNDINELLA; ARUNDINELLA HIRTA; PENNISETUM; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM; POACEAE;

EID: 77951230665     PISSN: 17740746     EISSN: 17730155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/agro/2009037     Document Type: Article

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