Bioenergy maize and soil erosion - Risk assessment and erosion control concepts

Geoderma

Volumn 261, Issue , 2016, Pages 80-92

  Vogel, Elisabeth ^a,b   Deumlich, Detlef ^b   Kaupenjohann, Martin ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Erosion control; Erosion mitigation; Extreme precipitation events; Maize; Soil erosion modelling

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; BIOMASS; CULTIVATION; EROSION; FOOD SUPPLY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; RAIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOILS;

BIO-ENERGY; EROSION CONTROL; EROSION MITIGATION; EXTREME PRECIPITATION EVENTS; MAIZE; SOIL EROSION MODELLING;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

BIOENERGY; CROP PRODUCTION; CULTIVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; EROSION CONTROL; FOOD SECURITY; INCENTIVE; LEGISLATIVE IMPLEMENTATION; MAIZE; POWER GENERATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL COVER; SOIL EROSION; TILLAGE; VEGETATION COVER; WATER EROSION;

BRANDENBURG [GERMANY]; GERMANY;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84937716724     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2015.06.020     Document Type: Article

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