Assessment of soil erosion sensitivity and post-timber-harvesting erosion response in a mountain environment of Central Italy

Geomorphology

Volumn 204, Issue , 2014, Pages 412-424

  Borrelli, Pasquale ^a,b   Schütt, Brigitta ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apennine environment; Clear cut mapping; Coppice forest; Forest monitoring; Hillslope soil erosion

Indexed keywords

CLEARCUTTING; EROSION RATE; EROSIVITY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HILLSLOPE; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; SOIL EROSION; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL SURFACE; TIMBER HARVESTING; COPPICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

APENNINES; ITALY;

EID: 84887248803     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.08.022     Document Type: Article

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