Assessment of Long-Term Soil Erosion in a Mountain Vineyard, Aosta Valley (NW Italy)

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 617-629

  Biddoccu, Marcella ^a   Zecca, Odoardo ^b   Audisio, Chiara ^c   Godone, Franco ^a   Barmaz, Andrea ^b   Cavallo, Eugenio ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Institut Agricole Régional d Aoste IAR   (Italy)

^c Water Management Service   (Italy)

Author keywords

botanical benchmark; difference of DEM; GIS; soil losses; steep slope viticulture

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; COPYRIGHTS; EROSION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MAGNESIUM; SOIL MOISTURE;

DIFFERENCE OF DEM; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MOUNTAIN REGIONS; ROW ORIENTATION; SOIL EROSION RATE; SOIL LOSS; SOIL MANAGEMENT; STEEP SLOPE;

LANDFORMS;

VITIS;

EID: 85033218946     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2657     Document Type: Article

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