Investigating the effects of afforestation on soil erosion and sediment mobilisation in two small catchments in Southern Italy

Catena

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 181-188

  Porto, Paolo ^a,b   Walling, Des E ^a   Callegari, Giovanni ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

^c CNR Istituto Per I Sistemi Agricoli e Forestali del Mediterraneo   (Italy)

Author keywords

Caesium 137; Erosion rates; Forest harvesting; Lead 210; Sediment yield; Southern Italy

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; CATCHMENT; CESIUM ISOTOPE; EROSION RATE; EVERGREEN TREE; FOREST COVER; HARVESTING; LAND USE CHANGE; LEAD ISOTOPE; RANGELAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SLOPE; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

CALABRIA; ITALY;

EUCALYPTUS; POACEAE;

EID: 77953139442     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2009.01.007     Document Type: Article

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