Runoff and sediment yield of tilled and spontaneous grass-covered olive groves grown on sloping land

Soil Research

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 542-552

  Palese, A M ^a   Ringersma, J ^b   Baartman, J E M ^b   Peters, P ^b   Xiloyannis, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

conservation measures; natural resources; nutrient losses; soil management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURE; AGRONOMY; CONSERVATION; EROSION; NATURAL RESOURCES; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS; SOILS;

CONSERVATION MEASURES; DRIP-TYPE RAINFALL SIMULATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; NUTRIENT LOSS; RAINFALL SIMULATIONS; RUNOFF AND SEDIMENT YIELDS; SOIL MANAGEMENT; TOPOGRAPHIC CONDITIONS;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

DICOTYLEDON; EUROPEAN UNION; EXTREME EVENT; GROUND COVER; NATURAL RESOURCE; NUTRIENT LOSS; POLICY MAKING; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SANDY LOAM; SEDIMENT YIELD; SIMULATOR; SLOPE FARMING; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; TILLAGE;

BASILICATA; FERRANDINA; ITALY; MATERA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

POACEAE;

EID: 84940020562     PISSN: 1838675X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SR14350     Document Type: Article

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