Soil water erosion on Mediterranean vineyards: A review

M Prosdocimi, A Cerdà, P Tarolli - Catena, 2016 - Elsevier
Soil water erosion on cultivated lands represents a severe threat to soil resources in the
world, and especially in Mediterranean areas, due to their topographic, edaphic and climatic …

Human topographic signatures and derived geomorphic processes across landscapes

P Tarolli, G Sofia - Geomorphology, 2016 - Elsevier
The Earth's surface morphology, in an abiotic context, is a consequence of major forcings
such as tectonic uplift, erosion, sediment transport, and climate. Recently, however, it has …

Effects of soil management techniques on soil water erosion in apricot orchards

S Keesstra, P Pereira, A Novara, EC Brevik… - Science of the Total …, 2016 - Elsevier
Soil erosion is extreme in Mediterranean orchards due to management impact, high rainfall
intensities, steep slopes and erodible parent material. Vall d'Albaida is a traditional fruit …

The immediate effectiveness of barley straw mulch in reducing soil erodibility and surface runoff generation in Mediterranean vineyards

M Prosdocimi, A Jordán, P Tarolli, S Keesstra… - Science of the Total …, 2016 - Elsevier
Soil and water loss in agriculture is a major problem throughout the world, and especially in
Mediterranean areas. Non-conservation agricultural practices have further aggravated the …

Probabilistic assessment of remote sensing-based terrestrial vegetation vulnerability to drought stress of the Loess Plateau in China

W Fang, S Huang, Q Huang, G Huang, H Wang… - Remote Sensing of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Quantitative understanding of vegetation vulnerability under drought stress is essential to
initiating drought preparedness and mitigation. In this study, a bivariate probabilistic …

Effects of climate, land cover and topography on soil erosion risk in a semiarid basin of the Andes

PA Ochoa, A Fries, D Mejía, JI Burneo, JD Ruíz-Sinoga… - Catena, 2016 - Elsevier
Understanding soil erosion processes in the Ecuadorian Andes with a tropical wet-dry
climate and a variable topography, is fundamental for research on agriculture sustainable …

Use of barley straw residues to avoid high erosion and runoff rates on persimmon plantations in Eastern Spain under low frequency–high magnitude simulated rainfall …

A Cerdà, Ó González-Pelayo, A Giménez-Morera… - Soil …, 2016 - CSIRO Publishing
Soil and water losses due to agricultural mismanagement are high and non-sustainable in
many orchards. An experiment was set up with rainfall simulation at 78 mm h–1 over 1 hour …

[HTML][HTML] A step towards a holistic assessment of soil degradation in Europe: Coupling on-site erosion with sediment transfer and carbon fluxes

P Borrelli, K Van Oost, K Meusburger, C Alewell… - Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Soil degradation due to erosion is connected to two serious environmental impacts:(i) on-
site soil loss and (ii) off-site effects of sediment transfer through the landscape. The potential …

The impact of heavy grazing on soil quality and pasture production in rangelands of SW Spain

M Pulido, S Schnabel… - Land Degradation & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Soil degradation phenomena, including water erosion and physical and biological
processes, have already been reported in rangelands of southwestern Spain. The …

Five decades of soil erosion research in “terroir”. The State-of-the-Art

J Rodrigo-Comino - Earth-Science Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Although soil erosion in vineyards is key to understanding the sustainability of agricultural
management, there is not a worldwide definitive state-of-the-art review. It is accepted that …