Mulching practices for reducing soil water erosion: A review

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 161, Issue , 2016, Pages 191-203

  Prosdocimi, Massimo ^a   Tarolli, Paolo ^a   Cerdà, Artemi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agricultural lands; Fire affected areas; Mulching; Soil water erosion; Vegetative residues

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CROP RESIDUE; EROSION; MULCHING; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL WATER;

EID: 84984808118     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2016.08.006     Document Type: Review

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