How effective are soil conservation techniques in reducing plot runoff and soil loss in Europe and the Mediterranean?

W Maetens, J Poesen, M Vanmaercke - Earth-Science Reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
The effects of soil and water conservation techniques (SWCTs) on annual runoff (Ra), runoff
coefficients (RCa) and annual soil loss (SLa) at the plot scale have been extensively tested …

No-tillage and conservation farming practices in grain growing areas of Queensland–a review of 40 years of development

GA Thomas, GW Titmarsh, DM Freebairn… - Australian Journal of …, 2007 - CSIRO Publishing
Early agricultural practices in Queensland inadvertently led to accelerated soil erosion.
During the 1940s, the Queensland Government initiated a soil conservation service that …

Simulating long-term impacts of cover crops and climate change on crop production and environmental outcomes in the Midwestern United States

AD Basche, SV Archontoulis, TC Kaspar… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2016 - Elsevier
It is critical to evaluate conservation practices that protect soil and water resources from
climate change in the Midwestern United States, a region that produces one-quarter of the …

APSIM's water and nitrogen modules and simulation of the dynamics of water and nitrogen in fallow systems

ME Probert, JP Dimes, BA Keating, RC Dalal… - Agricultural systems, 1998 - Elsevier
APSIM (Agricultural Production Systems Simulator) is a software system which provides a
flexible structure for the simulation of climatic and soil management effects on growth of …

Modelled estimates of fine sediment and particulate nutrients delivered from the Great Barrier Reef catchments

GL McCloskey, R Baheerathan, C Dougall, R Ellis… - Marine pollution …, 2021 - Elsevier
The eWater Source modelling framework has been modified to support the Great Barrier
Reef (GBR) Dynamic SedNet catchment modelling concept, which is used to simulate fine …

Relationship between soil structure and runoff/soil loss after 24 years of conservation tillage

GS Zhang, KY Chan, A Oates, DP Heenan… - Soil and Tillage …, 2007 - Elsevier
A better understanding of tillage and stubble management effects on surface soil structure is
vital for the development of effective soil conservation practices for the long-term …

Effects of rainfall and slope on runoff, soil erosion and rill development: an experimental study using two loess soils

H Fang, L Sun, Z Tang - Hydrological processes, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Runoff generation and soil loss from slopes have been studied for decades, but the
relationships among runoff, soil loss and rill development are still not well understood. In this …

Mapping corn residue cover on agricultural fields in Oxford County, Ontario, using Thematic Mapper

H McNairn, R Protz - Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 1993 - Taylor & Francis
SUMMARY An April 1990 Thematic Mapper image was used to measure the percentage of
corn residue cover on agricultural fields in Oxford County, Ontario. The objectives of the …

Influence of sorghum residues and tillage on soil organic matter and soil microbial biomass in an Australian Vertisol

PG Saffigna, DS Powlson, PC Brookes… - Soil Biology and …, 1989 - Elsevier
Short-and medium-term changes in soil organic matter content following a change in soil
management or land use are often difficult to measure because they occur slowly against a …

The measurement of soil erosion

RJ Loughran - Progress in physical geography, 1989 - journals.sagepub.com
An article in the journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement
of Science, Search (Beckmann and Coventry, 1987), likened soil erosion losses in Australia …