Soil-erosion and runoff prevention by plant covers: A review

Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 785-811

  Zuazo, Víctor Hugo Durán ^a,b   Pleguezuelo, Carmen Rocío Rodríguez ^c  

^a IFAPA CENTRO EL TORUÑO   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL SOIL EROSION RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Biomass; C; Climate; Global warming; Soil degradation; Soil erosion; Soil productivity; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900684482     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-2666-8_48     Document Type: Chapter

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