Quantitative comparison of initial soil erosion processes and runoff generation in Spanish and German vineyards

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 565, Issue , 2016, Pages 1165-1174

  Rodrigo Comino, J ^a,b   Iserloh, T ^a   Lassu, T ^a   Cerda A ^c,d   Keesstra, Saskia D ^d   Prosdocimi, M ^e   Brings, C ^a   Marzen, M ^a   Ramos, M C ^f   Senciales, J M ^b   Ruiz Sinoga, J D ^b   Seeger, M ^a   Ries, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental factors; Infiltration; Rainfall simulation experiments; Runoff; Soil erosion; Vineyards

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; EROSION; INFILTRATION; LAND USE; RAIN; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TESTING; SOILS;

CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; INFILTRATION COEFFICIENTS; QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON; RAINFALL SIMULATIONS; RAINFALL SIMULATORS; SOIL EROSION; VINEYARDS;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INFILTRATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SOIL EROSION; VINEYARD; VITICULTURE;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GERMANY; LAND USE; PORTABLE RAINFALL SIMULATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT; SIMULATION; SIMULATOR; SLOPE STEEPNESS; SOIL EROSION; SOIL INFILTRATION; SOIL LOSS; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL TEXTURE; SPAIN; STONE COVER; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION; VINEYARD;

ANDALUCIA; COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; GERMANY; MALAGA [ANDALUCIA]; MOSELLE VALLEY; RHINELAND-PALATINATE; RUWERTAL; SAAR BASIN; SPAIN; VALENCIA [COMUNIDAD VALENCIA];

EID: 84976405760     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.05.163     Document Type: Article

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