Effects of climate, land cover and topography on soil erosion risk in a semiarid basin of the Andes

Catena

Volumn 140, Issue , 2016, Pages 31-42

  Ochoa, P A ^a   Fries, A ^a,b   Mejia D ^c   Burneo, J I ^a   Ruiz Sinoga J D ^d   Cerda A ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD TÉCNICA PARTICULAR DE LOJA   (Ecuador)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c Instituto Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología INAMHI   (Ecuador)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

C factor; Climate; Dryland; Ecuadorian Andes; Landform; Soil erosion risk

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; ARID REGION; BASIN; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; LANDFORM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER SUPPLY;

ANDES; ECUADOR;

EID: 84954516203     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2016.01.011     Document Type: Article

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