Spatial Estimation of Soil Erosion Risk by Land-cover Change in the Andes OF Southern Ecuador

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 565-573

  Ochoa Cueva, Pablo ^a   Fries, Andreas ^a,b   Montesinos, Pilar ^c   Rodríguez Díaz, Juan A ^c   Boll, Jan ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD TÉCNICA PARTICULAR DE LOJA   (Ecuador)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

C factor; Ecuadorian Andes; Future scenarios; Land cover change; RUSLE; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; DEFORESTATION; EROSION; LAND USE; RAIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOILS; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION; WATERSHEDS;

C FACTORS; ECUADORIAN ANDES; FUTURE SCENARIOS; LAND-COVER CHANGE; RUSLE; SOIL EROSION;

RISK PERCEPTION;

EROSION; FORESTS; PLANTS; SOIL;

EID: 84938962069     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2219     Document Type: Article

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