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Water Erosion in Oxisols under Coffee Cultivation
Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo, 2018 Water erosion is one of the main environmental impacts of land use. When soil and water losses occur, nutrients essential for the growth and maintenance of plants are removed, with harmful outcomes on the sustainability of agriculture and the environment.
Henrique Mendes Júnior +5 more
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Tracking Wind Deposits on Fluvisols in a Citrus Orchard in Southeast Spain: A Test in Real Time
Agriculture, 2022 We used wind-transported particle collectors of our own inhouse design to monitor the sediment flow in a citrus orchard in Southeast Spain. These collectors, which can differentiate sediment collected by direction of origin, are very efficient ...
Carlos Asensio-Amador +4 more
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Estimating Soil Loss for Sustainable Crop Production in the Semi-deciduous Forest Zone of Ghana
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2021 Quantitative information on soil loss is relevant for devising soil conservation and crop management strategies to ensure sustainable fertility management and crop production.
Ephraim Sekyi-Annan +5 more
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Potential of wind erosion and dust emission in an arid zone of northern Mexico: A simple assessment method [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo, 2020 Wind erosion is the main problem that arid lands in northern Mexico are facing. Quantification of this phenomenon is crucial for planning purposes and to scale its impact.
Maritza Argelia Macias-Corral +2 more
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Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo, 2006 Apesar de efêmera, a rugosidade superficial no solo induzida por métodos de seu preparo é requerimento importante nos sistemas de manejo de caráter conservacionista.
Luciana Gomes Castro +2 more
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Agronomy, 2023 Soil structure and its change are good indicators for soil quality and environmental stability, and land-use change is known to be an important factor that affects soil structure.
Jiayu Tian +5 more
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Resources, 2023 To avoid flooding and erosion hazards, post-fire management actions are essential in Mediterranean forests after severe wildfires. In this regard, mulching is the most common action but some mulch materials, such as straw, may lead to adverse impacts in ...
Mehdi Navidi +6 more
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Soil Loss Analysis of an Eastern Kentucky Watershed Utilizing the Universal Soil Loss Equation
Environments, 2022 Soil erosion is the displacement of soil’s upper layer(s) triggered by a variation in topography, land use and soil types, and anthropogenic activities. This study selected the Marrowbone Creek-Russel Fork watershed in eastern Kentucky to estimate the mean annual soil loss over eight years (from 2013 to 2020) utilizing the Universal Soil Loss Equation (
Bilal G. Jones +4 more
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Comparison of different erosion control techniques in the Hyrcanian forest in northern Iran
Journal of Forest Science, 2017 The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of closure best management practices (BMPs) on runoff volume and soil loss on skid trails that received two densities of soil cover mats and were located on two slope gradients in an Iranian temperate ...
Ali MASUMIAN +4 more
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Land, 2022 Soil loss prevention is an important ecosystem service for protecting human and environmental health. Using spatiotemporal climate and environmental data of the Eastern Gobi Steppe, a region missing from previous studies of Mongolian wind-based soil ...
Isita Nandana Talukdar +3 more
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