Soil erosion, runoff and nutrient losses in an avocado (Persea americana Mill) hillside orchard under different groundcover management systems

Plant and Soil

Volumn 368, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 393-406

  Atucha, Amaya ^a   Merwin, Ian A ^b   Brown, Michael G ^b   Gardiazabal, Francisco ^c   Mena, Francisco ^c   Adriazola, Cecilia ^c   Lehmann, Johannes ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c Sociedad Gardiazabal and Mena ^*  (Chile)

Author keywords

Erosion control; Groundcover management system; Nutrient loss; Runoff; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE STABILITY; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; GROUND COVER; HERB; HERBICIDE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; RAINFALL; SHRUB; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL NUTRIENT;

PERSEA AMERICANA;

EID: 84879184091     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-012-1520-0     Document Type: Article

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