The effect of land management practices on soil erosion and land desertification in an olive grove

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 597-606

  Kairis, O ^a   Karavitis, C ^a   Kounalaki, A ^a   Salvati, L ^b   Kosmas, C ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Erosion; Greece; Land management; Olive groves; Runoff

Indexed keywords

DESERTIFICATION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HERBICIDE; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PLOWING; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT; SOIL EROSION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TILLAGE; VEGETATION COVER;

AEGEAN ISLANDS; CRETE [GREECE]; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84888873448     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: 14752743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sum.12074     Document Type: Article

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