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Tillage Versus No-Tillage. Soil Properties and Hydrology in an Organic Persimmon Farm in Eastern Iberian Peninsula. WATER 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/w12061539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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There is an urgent need to implement environmentally friendly agriculture management practices to achieve the Sustainable Goals for Development (SDGs) of the United Nations by 2030. Mediterranean agriculture is characterized by intense and millennia-old tillage management and as a consequence degraded soil. No-Tillage has been widely examined as a solution for soil degradation but No-Tillage relies more on the application of herbicides that reduce plant cover, which in turn enhances soil erosion. However, No-Tillage with weed cover should be researched to promote organic farming and sustainable agriculture. Therefore, we compare Tillage against No-Tillage using weed cover as an alternative strategy to reduce soil losses in persimmon plantations, both of them under organic farming management. To achieve these goals, two plots were established at “La Canyadeta” experimental station on 25-years old Persimmon plantations, which are managed with Tillage and No-Tillage for 3 years. A survey of the soil cover, soil properties, runoff generation and initial soil losses using rainfall simulation experiments at 55 mm h−1 in 0.25 m2 plot was carried out. Soils under Tillage are bare (96.7%) in comparison to the No-Tillage (16.17% bare soil), with similar organic matter (1.71 vs. 1.88%) and with lower bulk densities (1.23 vs. 1.37 g cm3). Tillage induces faster ponding (60 vs. 92 s), runoff (90 vs. 320 s) and runoff outlet (200 vs. 70 s). The runoff discharge was 5.57 times higher in the Tillage plots, 8.64 for sediment concentration and 48.4 for soil losses. We conclude that No-tillage shifted the fate of the tilled field after 3 years with the use of weeds as a soil cover conservation strategy. This immediate effect of No-Tillage under organic farming conditions is very promising to achieve the SDGs.
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Anthropogenic Disturbances and Precipitation Affect Karst Sediment Discharge in the Nandong Underground River System in Yunnan, Southwest China. SUSTAINABILITY 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/su12073006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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In fragile karst environments that have seen past and current human exploitation of agricultural and forest resources, the quantification of underground riverine sediment has been widely used to evaluate subterranean stream basin erosion. These measures are highly influenced by both precipitation and anthropogenic factors; therefore, soil erosion control measures must be urgently designed and applied. In this study, 17 years of sediment discharge across the Nandong underground river system in southwest China was monitored. To achieve this goal, the Mann–Kendal mutation test and proxy indicators were used to estimate the general influence of human activities and precipitation on sediment discharge. The results showed that: (1) Both anthropologic disturbance and rainfall have impacted the sediment discharge, although the influence of the anthropologic factor on sediment discharge was greater (61.53%), and (2) rainfall showed a hysteresis effect on sediment discharge. We obtained three different stages based on the mutation points and variation characteristics of the studied sediment discharge resulting from different driving forces, from 1998 to 2014. Prior to 2004, in the whole basin, the decrease of sediment yield was the result of the Natural Forest Protection Project. During the period from 2004 to 2008, due to continuous droughts, flood disasters, and intensive cultivation practices on the steeper hillslopes, the total sediment discharge of the whole basin increased. After 2009, the sediment discharge decreased due to the development of soil conservation projects and mushrooming reservoirs. These findings are expected to provide insights into watershed management and ecological restoration in fragile karst ecosystems, specifically, in southwestern Chinese river systems. More research must be conducted to monitor, with in situ measurements and observations, possible extreme events that can determine the exact erosion control measures that need to be designed and applied.
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Dynamics of Runoff and Soil Erosion on Abandoned Steep Vineyards in the Mosel Area, Germany. WATER 2019. [DOI: 10.3390/w11122596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The Mosel Wine region has suffered during the last decades a decrease in productive area, mostly on steep sloping vineyards. To avoid the spread of diseases, the extraction of grapevines on abandoned vineyards is mandatory in Rhineland-Palatinate. At the same time, the organic production of wine is growing slowly, but well established in the area. We assess in this paper the degree of the land-use changes, as well as their effect on runoff generation and sediment production, depending on the age of the abandonment, as well as the type and age of the land management, whether organic or conventional. Land use data were obtained to identify land-use change dynamics. For assessment of runoff generation and soil erosion, we applied rainfall simulation experiments on the different types of vineyard management. These were organically managed, conventionally managed and abandoned ones, all of varying ages. During the last decades of the last century, a decrease of around 30% of vineyard surface could be observed in Germany’s Mosel Wine Region, affecting mostly the steep sloping vineyards. Despite a high variability within the types of vineyard management, the results show higher runoff generation, and soil erosion associated with recently installed or abandoned vineyards when compared to organic management of the vineyards, where erosion reached only 12%. In organic management, runoff and erosion are also reduced considerably, less than 16%, after a decade or more. Thus, organic vineyard management practices show to be very efficient for reduction of runoff and erosion. Consequently, we recommend to adopt as far as possible these soil management practices for sustainable land management of steep sloping vineyards. In addition, soil protection measures are highly recommended for vineyard abandonment according to the law.
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Pappalardo SE, Gislimberti L, Ferrarese F, De Marchi M, Mozzi P. Estimation of potential soil erosion in the Prosecco DOCG area (NE Italy), toward a soil footprint of bottled sparkling wine production in different land-management scenarios. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0210922. [PMID: 31042756 PMCID: PMC6493712 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0210922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2019] [Accepted: 03/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Agricultural lands are the widest Human-modified ecosystems, making crop production the most extensive form of land use on Earth. However, in conventional agricultural land management, soil erosion may be boosted up to 1-2 orders of magnitude higher than the natural rates of soil production, making unproductive about the 30% of the world's arable. Nowadays in Europe, vineyards represent the most erosion-prone agricultural lands, especially in Mediterranean countries, showing the highest erosion rates in comparison to other type of land uses. Prosecco wine is produced in NE Italy by a rate of 400 M bottles per year, with the fastest growing demand in the global market at present. A production of 90 M bottles year-1 is currently running in the historical Prosecco DOCG (215 km2), in a steep hilly landscape of Veneto Region (Conegliano-Valdobbiadene). To sustain wine production, agricultural intensification is at present increasing, by re-setting of hillslopes and land use changes towards new vineyard plantations. The aim of this study is to estimate and to map potential soil erosion rate, calculating a sort of "soil footprint" for wine production in different agricultural land-management scenarios. RUSLE model was adopted to estimate potential soil erosion in Mg ha-1 year-1, by using high resolution topographic data (LiDAR), 10 years rainfall data analysis, detailed land use and local soil characteristics. For a conventional land-management scenario the estimated that total potential soil erosion in the Prosecco DOCG area is 411,266 Mg year-1, with an erosion rate of 19.5 Mg ha year-1. Modelled soil erosion is mainly clustered on steep slopes, with rates higher than 40 Mg ha-1 year-1. In Prosecco vineyards potential soil erosion could reach 300,180 Mg year-1, by a mean rate of 43.7 Mg ha-1 year-1, which is 31 times higher than the upper limit of tolerable soil erosion threshold defined for Europe. In contrast, simulation of different nature-based scenarios (hedgerows, buffer strips, and grass cover) showed soil erosion could be effectively reduced: a 100% inter-row grass cover showed a reduction of almost 3 times in vineyards (from 43.7 to 14.6 Mg ha-1 year-1), saving about 50% of soil in the whole Prosecco DOCG. The soil footprint modelled for a conventional land-management scenario is about 3.3 kg every bottle produced; in contrast it would be reduced to 1.1 kg/bottle in the completely green land-management scenario. This study, as the first estimation of potential soil erosion at Prosecco DOCG scale, suggests that an integrated and public soil erosion monitoring system is strongly needed in viticultural area, by implementing direct/indirect field measures with spatial analyses at agricultural landscape scale.
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- Salvatore E. Pappalardo
- Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering (ICEA), University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering (ICEA), University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Historical and Geographic Sciences and the Ancient world (DiSSGeA), University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering (ICEA), University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Geoscience, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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Smetanová A, Follain S, David M, Ciampalini R, Raclot D, Crabit A, Le Bissonnais Y. Landscaping compromises for land degradation neutrality: The case of soil erosion in a Mediterranean agricultural landscape. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2019; 235:282-292. [PMID: 30716671 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.01.063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2018] [Revised: 11/12/2018] [Accepted: 01/18/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Soil erosion is the primary process driving land degradation. Using multiple scales of management to minimize soil erosion is crucial to achieve land degradation neutrality targets within the Sustainable Development Goals agenda. Land management (LM) influences both on-site and off-site erosion on the event-scale and over the long-term. However, each LM differs in effectiveness depending on the temporal scale considered. In order to understand how LM effects internal and external catchment dynamics, we apply LandSoil, a physically based landscape evolution model, to evaluate 7 LM scenarios over long- (30 years) and short-terms (event scale). LM scenarios included changes in land use and/or landscape structure. Under current LM, mean surface soil erosion was ∼0.69 ± 39·10-3 m over 30 years. In contrast, a single extreme event (435 mm/24 h) in January resulted in ∼0.62 ± 3·10-3 m loss and ∼0.04 ± 2·10-3 m if it occurred in October. Heterogeneous patterns of erosion and deposition developed after 30 years, whereas extreme events dominantly showed soil loss and high catchment connectivity. Effectiveness of LM in erosion mitigation and sediment trapping differed according to temporal and spatial scales for each scenario. We concluded that multiple temporal and spatial scales must be incorporated in order to adaptively manage land degradation and meet neutrality targets.
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- Anna Smetanová
- Research Group Ecohydrology and Landscape Evaluation, Ernst-Reuter PLatz 1, DE, 10623, Berlin, Germany; LISAH, INRA, IRD, Montpellier SupAgro, Univ Montpellier, FR, 34060, Montpellier, France.
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- Agroécologie, AgroSup Dijon, INRA, Univ. Bourgogne, Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, F-21000, Dijon, France
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- LISAH, INRA, IRD, Montpellier SupAgro, Univ Montpellier, FR, 34060, Montpellier, France; GEODE UMR 5602, Maison de la Recherche, FR, 31500, Toulouse, France
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- LISAH, INRA, IRD, Montpellier SupAgro, Univ Montpellier, FR, 34060, Montpellier, France
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- LISAH, INRA, IRD, Montpellier SupAgro, Univ Montpellier, FR, 34060, Montpellier, France; Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan II, Dept. of Natural Resources and Environment, PO. Box., 6608, Madinat Al Irfane, Rabat, Morocco
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- LISAH, INRA, IRD, Montpellier SupAgro, Univ Montpellier, FR, 34060, Montpellier, France
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- LISAH, INRA, IRD, Montpellier SupAgro, Univ Montpellier, FR, 34060, Montpellier, France
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Novara A, Pisciotta A, Minacapilli M, Maltese A, Capodici F, Cerdà A, Gristina L. The impact of soil erosion on soil fertility and vine vigor. A multidisciplinary approach based on field, laboratory and remote sensing approaches. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2018; 622-623:474-480. [PMID: 29223076 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.11.272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2017] [Revised: 11/23/2017] [Accepted: 11/24/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Soil erosion processes in vineyards, beyond surface runoff and sediment transport, have a strong effect on soil organic carbon (SOC) loss and redistribution along the slope. Variation in SOC across the landscape can determine differences in soil fertility and vine vigor. The goal of this research was to analyze the interactions among vines vigor, sediment delivery and SOC in a sloping vineyard located in Sicily. Six pedons were studied along the slope by digging 6 pits up to 60cm depth. Soil was sampled every 10cm and SOC, water extractable organic carbon (WEOC) and specific ultraviolet absorbance (SUVA) were analyzed. Erosion rates, detachment and deposition areas were measured by the pole height method which allowed mapping of the soil redistribution. The vigor of vegetation, expressed as Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), derived from high-resolution satellite multispectral data, was compared with measured pruning weight. Results confirmed that soil erosion, sediment redistribution and SOC across the slope was strongly affected by topographic features, slope and curvature. The erosion rate was 16Mgha-1y-1 since the time of planting (6years). SOC redistribution was strongly correlated with the detachment or deposition areas as highlighted by pole height measurements. The off-farm SOC loss over six years amounted to 1.2MgCha-1. SUVA254 values, which indicate hydrophobic material rich in aromatic constituents of WEOC, decreased significantly along the slope, demonstrating that WEOC in the detachment site is more stable in comparison to deposition sites. The plant vigor was strongly correlated with WEOC constituents. Results demonstrated that high resolution passive remote sensing data combined with soil and plant analyses can survey areas with contrasting SOC, soil fertility, soil erosion and plant vigor. This will allow monitoring of soil erosion and degradation risk areas and support decision-makers in developing measures for friendly environmental management.
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- Agata Novara
- Dept. of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
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- Dept. of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Dept. of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Dept. of Civil, Environmental, Aerospace, Materials Engineering, University of Palermo, Italy
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- Dept. of Civil, Environmental, Aerospace, Materials Engineering, University of Palermo, Italy
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- Soil Erosion and Degradation Research Group, Department of Geography, University of Valencia, Valencia, Blasco Ibàñez 28, 46010, Valencia, Spain
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- Dept. of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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Keesstra S, Nunes J, Novara A, Finger D, Avelar D, Kalantari Z, Cerdà A. The superior effect of nature based solutions in land management for enhancing ecosystem services. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2018; 610-611:997-1009. [PMID: 28838037 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.08.077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 196] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2017] [Revised: 08/08/2017] [Accepted: 08/09/2017] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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The rehabilitation and restoration of land is a key strategy to recover services -goods and resources- ecosystems offer to the humankind. This paper reviews key examples to understand the superior effect of nature based solutions to enhance the sustainability of catchment systems by promoting desirable soil and landscape functions. The use of concepts such as connectivity and the theory of system thinking framework allowed to review coastal and river management as a guide to evaluate other strategies to achieve sustainability. In land management NBSs are not mainstream management. Through a set of case studies: organic farming in Spain; rewilding in Slovenia; land restoration in Iceland, sediment trapping in Ethiopia and wetland construction in Sweden, we show the potential of Nature based solutions (NBSs) as a cost-effective long term solution for hydrological risks and land degradation. NBSs can be divided into two main groups of strategies: soil solutions and landscape solutions. Soil solutions aim to enhance the soil health and soil functions through which local eco-system services will be maintained or restored. Landscape solutions mainly focus on the concept of connectivity. Making the landscape less connected, facilitating less rainfall to be transformed into runoff and therefore reducing flood risk, increasing soil moisture and reducing droughts and soil erosion we can achieve the sustainability. The enhanced eco-system services directly feed into the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations.
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- Saskia Keesstra
- Soil Physics and Land Management Group, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 4, 6708PB Wageningen, The Netherlands; Civil, Surveying and Environmental Engineering, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan 2308, Australia.
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- Soil Physics and Land Management Group, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 4, 6708PB Wageningen, The Netherlands; CE3C - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal.
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- Dipartimento dei Sistemi Agro-ambientali, University of Palermo, viale delle scienze, Italy.
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- School of Science and Engineering. Reykjavik University, Iceland.
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- CE3C - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal.
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- Stockholm University, Department of Physical Geography and Bolin Centre for Climate Research, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Soil Erosion and Degradation Research Group, Department of Geography, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
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Cerdà A, Keesstra SD, Rodrigo-Comino J, Novara A, Pereira P, Brevik E, Giménez-Morera A, Fernández-Raga M, Pulido M, di Prima S, Jordán A. Runoff initiation, soil detachment and connectivity are enhanced as a consequence of vineyards plantations. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2017; 202:268-275. [PMID: 28735211 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.07.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2017] [Revised: 07/14/2017] [Accepted: 07/15/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Rainfall-induced soil erosion is a major threat, especially in agricultural soils. In the Mediterranean belt, vineyards are affected by high soil loss rates, leading to land degradation. Plantation of new vines is carried out after deep ploughing, use of heavy machinery, wheel traffic, and trampling. Those works result in soil physical properties changes and contribute to enhanced runoff rates and increased soil erosion rates. The objective of this paper is to assess the impact of the plantation of vineyards on soil hydrological and erosional response under low frequency - high magnitude rainfall events, the ones that under the Mediterranean climatic conditions trigger extreme soil erosion rates. We determined time to ponding, Tp; time to runoff, Tr; time to runoff outlet, Tro; runoff rate, and soil loss under simulated rainfall (55 mm h-1, 1 h) at plot scale (0.25 m2) to characterize the runoff initiation and sediment detachment. In recent vine plantations (<1 year since plantation; R) compared to old ones (>50 years; O). Slope gradient, rock fragment cover, soil surface roughness, bulk density, soil organic matter content, soil water content and plant cover were determined. Plantation of new vineyards largely impacted runoff rates and soil erosion risk at plot scale in the short term. Tp, Tr and Tro were much shorter in R plots. Tr-Tp and Tro-Tr periods were used as connectivity indexes of water flow, and decreased to 77.5 and 33.2% in R plots compared to O plots. Runoff coefficients increased significantly from O (42.94%) to R plots (71.92%) and soil losses were approximately one order of magnitude lower (1.8 and 12.6 Mg ha-1 h-1 for O and R plots respectively). Soil surface roughness and bulk density are two key factors that determine the increase in connectivity of flows and sediments in recently planted vineyards. Our results confirm that plantation of new vineyards strongly contributes to runoff initiation and sediment detachment, and those findings confirms that soil erosion control strategies should be applied immediately after or during the plantation of vines.
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- A Cerdà
- Soil Erosion and Degradation Research Group, Department of Geography, Valencia University, Blasco Ibàñez, 28, 46010 Valencia, Spain.
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- Soil Physics and Land Management Group, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 4 6708PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands; Civil, Surveying and Environmental Engineering, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan 2308, Australia.
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- Department of Physical Geography, Trier University, D-54286 Trier, Germany; Instituto de Geomorfología y Suelos, Department of Geography, Málaga University, Campus of Teatinos S/n, 29071 Málaga, Spain.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie e Forestali, University of Palermo, Italy.
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- Department of Environmental Policy, Mykolas Romeris University, Ateities g. 20, LT-08303 Vilnius, Lithuania.
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- Department of Natural Sciences, Dickinson State University, EEUU, United States.
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- Departamento de Economi´;a y Ciencias Sociales, Escuela Polite´cnica Superior de Alcoy, Universidad Polite´cnica de Valencia, Paseo Del Viaducto, 1, 03801 Alcoy, Alicante, Spain.
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- GeoEnvironmental Research Group, University of Extremadura, Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, Avda. de La Universidad S/n, 10071 Cáceres, Spain.
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- Dipartimento di Agraria, Università Degli Studi di Sassari, Viale Italia 39, 07100 Sassari, Italy.
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- MED_Soil Research Group, Department of Crystallography, Mineralogy and Agricultural Chemistry, University of Seville, Profesor García González, 1, 41012 Sevilla, Spain.
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Rodrigo Comino J, Iserloh T, Lassu T, Cerdà A, Keestra SD, Prosdocimi M, Brings C, Marzen M, Ramos MC, Senciales JM, Ruiz Sinoga JD, Seeger M, Ries JB. Quantitative comparison of initial soil erosion processes and runoff generation in Spanish and German vineyards. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2016; 565:1165-1174. [PMID: 27265730 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.05.163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2016] [Revised: 05/22/2016] [Accepted: 05/23/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The aim of this study was to enable a quantitative comparison of initial soil erosion processes in European vineyards using the same methodology and equipment. The study was conducted in four viticultural areas with different characteristics (Valencia and Málaga in Spain, Ruwer-Mosel valley and Saar-Mosel valley in Germany). Old and young vineyards, with conventional and ecological planting and management systems were compared. The same portable rainfall simulator with identical rainfall intensity (40mmh(-1)) and sampling intervals (30min of test duration, collecting the samples at 5-min-intervals) was used over a circular test plot with 0.28m(2). The results of 83 simulations have been analysed and correlation coefficients were calculated for each study area to identify the relationship between environmental plot characteristics, soil texture, soil erosion, runoff and infiltration. The results allow for identification of the main factors related to soil properties, topography and management, which control soil erosion processes in vineyards. The most important factors influencing soil erosion and runoff were the vegetation cover for the ecological German vineyards (with 97.6±8% infiltration coefficients) and stone cover, soil moisture and slope steepness for the conventional land uses.
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- J Rodrigo Comino
- Physical Geography, Trier University, 54286 Trier, Germany; Instituto de Geomorfología y Suelos, University of Málaga, 29071, Málaga, Spain.
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- Physical Geography, Trier University, 54286 Trier, Germany
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- Physical Geography, Trier University, 54286 Trier, Germany
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- Department of Geography, University of Valencia, 46010, Valencia, Spain; Soil Physics and Land Management Group, Wageningen University, 6708PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Soil Physics and Land Management Group, Wageningen University, 6708PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry, University of Padova, 35020 Legnaro, PD, Italy
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- Physical Geography, Trier University, 54286 Trier, Germany
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- Physical Geography, Trier University, 54286 Trier, Germany
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- Department of Environment and Soil Science, Lleida University, 25198 Lleida, Spain
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- Instituto de Geomorfología y Suelos, University of Málaga, 29071, Málaga, Spain
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- Instituto de Geomorfología y Suelos, University of Málaga, 29071, Málaga, Spain
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- Physical Geography, Trier University, 54286 Trier, Germany
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- Physical Geography, Trier University, 54286 Trier, Germany
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Rodrigo Comino J, Ferre Bueno E, Senciales JM. Los suelos de Casapalma (Valle del Guadalhorce, Málaga). Análisis edafogeográfico aplicado a la ordenación del territorio. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.3989/estgeogr.201610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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