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Overgrazing depresses soil carbon stock through changing plant diversity in temperate grassland of the Loess Plateau

open access: yesPlant, Soil and Environment, 2018
This study mainly estimates the effect of grazing on plant diversity and soil storages on the northern Loess Plateau of China. Four grazing intensities of ungrazed (UG), light (LG), moderate (MG), and heavy (HG) grassland were selected according to the ...
Guangyu ZHU   +4 more
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Soil and Water Conservation Planning: Policy Issues and Recommendations [PDF]

open access: yes
This article is prepared for the Upland Policy Conference on March 14, 1988. It discusses the degree of soil erosion in various watersheds based on classified descriptive parameters.
David, Wilfredo P.
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Erodibility of hill peat [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
peer-reviewedThe project was funded by the European Union Structural Funds EAGGF distributed under the Department of Agriculture and Food Stimulus Fund.The energy necessary to entrain soil in water depends on the soil strength.
Healy, Mark G.   +3 more
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PROPOSAL TO STUDY ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS OF REDUCING SOIL EROSION IN ALBANIA [PDF]

open access: yes
Soil erosion and associated nonpoint pollution are critical problems affecting the economic welfare, food security, and public health of Albania. Nearly 60 million tons of sediment are deposited by Albanian rivers into the Adriatic Sea each year.
Bockheim, James G.
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The On-Site and Downstream Costs of Soil Erosion in the Magat and Pantabangan Watersheds [PDF]

open access: yes
This article report is a condensed version of “The On-Site and Downstream Costs of Soil Erosion,” PIDS Technical Report 87-04 of the Upland Resource Policy Program.
Conway, Zenaida T.   +2 more
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Slope Processes, Mass Movement and Soil Erosion: A Review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Soil erosion and land degradation are global problems and pose major issues in many countries. Both soil erosion and mass movement are two forms of land degradation and humans play important roles in these geomorphological processes.
BEZERRA, José Fernando Rodrigues   +4 more
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Improving water-use efficiency by decreasing stomatal conductance and transpiration rate to maintain higher ear photosynthetic rate in drought-resistant wheat

open access: yesCrop Journal, 2017
In wheat, the ear is one of the main photosynthetic contributors to grain filling under drought stress conditions. In order to determine the relationship between stomatal characteristics and plant drought resistance, photosynthetic and stomatal ...
Yuping Li   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effectiveness of exclosures to control soil erosion and local communities perception on soil erosion [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The study investigated how effective exclosures are in the fight against soil erosion and how they are perceived as a means to control soil erosion by the local community (farmers and local experts).
Mekuria, Wolde   +5 more
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Effects of Freeze-thaw Action on Snowmelt, Wind and Rainfall Erosion in Chinese Typical Mollisol Region

open access: yesShuitu Baochi Xuebao
[Objective] Researches on the effects of freeze-thaw action on slope soil erosion in the Chinese typical Mollisol Region can deepen the understanding of the mechanism of slope erosion process and provide important scientific basis for slope erosion ...
ZHAO Yajun   +7 more
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An Ex Post Evaluation of the Conservation Reserve, Federal Crop Insurance, and Other Government Programs: Program Participation and Soil Erosion [PDF]

open access: yes
Recent research has questioned the extent to which government policies, including conservation and risk management programs, have influenced environmental indicators.
Goodwin, Barry K., Smith, Vincent H.
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