Soil fertility dynamics in runoff-capture agriculture, Canary Islands, Spain

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 253-261

  Diaz F J ^a,b   Tejedor, M ^b   Jimenez C ^b   Dahlgren, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arid zone agriculture; Runoff sediment deposition; Runoff capture farming; Soil fertility; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CATCHMENT; CROP PRODUCTION; IRRIGATION; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POTASSIUM; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SILT; SOIL FERTILITY; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER SUPPLY;

CANARY ISLANDS; SPAIN;

EID: 84155175765     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2011.08.021     Document Type: Article

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