Soil and water conservation measures reduce soil and water losses in China but not down to background levels: Evidence from erosion plot data

Geoderma

Volumn 337, Issue , 2019, Pages 729-741

  Zhao, Jianlin ^a,b,c,d   Yang, Zhiqiang ^a,b,c   Govers, Gerard ^d  

^a CHANG'AN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Engineering Research Center of National Geographic Conditions Monitoring   (China)

^c BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Controlling factors; Runoff ratio; Soil and water conservation measures; Soil formation rates; Soil loss ratio

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; EROSION; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RUNOFF; SOILS; WATER CONSERVATION; WEATHERING;

ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; BACKGROUND LEVEL; CONTROLLING FACTORS; SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION MEASURES; SOIL AND WATER LOSS; SOIL FORMATIONS; SOIL LOSS; VEGETATION COVER;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

DATA SET; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; REVISED UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; RUNOFF; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL; SOIL CARBON; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL WATER; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION COVER;

CHINA;

EID: 85055277830     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2018.10.023     Document Type: Article

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