Quantifying the effect of historical soil management on soil erosion rates in Mediterranean olive orchards

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 142, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 341-351

  Vanwalleghem, Tom ^a   Amate, Juan Infante ^b   de Molina, Manuel González ^b   Fernández, David Soto ^b   Gómez, José Alfonso ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE AGRICULTURA SOSTENIBLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental history; Historical soil erosion; Olive orchard; RUSLE; Soil management; Spain; Tillage

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRONOMY; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CROP YIELD; DICOTYLEDON; HISTORICAL RECORD; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MEDITERRANEAN SOIL; ORCHARD; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL PROFILE; TILLAGE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

SPAIN;

EID: 80051590693     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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