Large-scale Modeling of Soil Erosion with RUSLE for Conservationist Planning of Degraded Cultivated Brazilian Pastures

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 773-784

  Galdino, Sergio ^a   Sano, Edson E ^a   Andrade, Ricardo G ^a   Grego, Celia R ^a   Nogueira, Sandra F ^a   Bragantini, Claudio ^a   Flosi, Ana H G ^b  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazilian savanna; Geographic information system; Remote sensing; RUSLE; Soil loss; USLE

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CARBON; EROSION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOILS; WATER CONSERVATION;

BRAZILIAN SAVANNA; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES; LAND USE AND MANAGEMENTS; LOW CARBON AGRICULTURES; REVISED UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATIONS; RUSLE; SOIL LOSS; USLE;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

GIS; GOVERNMENT; LOESS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION;

BRAZIL; GOIAS;

EID: 84939234927     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2414     Document Type: Article

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