Soil erosion is a serious ecological and environmental problem, and the main cause of land
degradation in many ecosystems at global scale. Detachment of soil particles by raindrop …

Land use change has significant effects on soil properties and vegetation cover and thus
probably affects soil detachment by overland flow. Few studies were conducted to evaluate …

Core Ideas Plant root reduced soil detachment by 54%, of which 41% was by root binding
effect. Fibrous root was 1.6 times greater than tap root in reducing the soil detachment …

It is well known that forest fires affect physico-chemical characteristics of soils. However, few
investigations have explored the effects of human-caused fires on soil erosion processes …

Vegetation restoration has significant effects on soil properties and vegetation cover and
thus affects soil detachment by overland flow. Few studies have been conducted to evaluate …

Rain falling on soil causes slaking, mechanical disruption of aggregates and compaction.
Too few data exist to predict the changes likely to occur in particular soil, landscape and …

Biological soil crusts (BSCs) cover up to 60 to 70% of the soil surface in grasslands after the
'Grain for Green'project was implemented in 1999 to rehabilitate the Loess Plateau …

The changes in soil properties caused by vegetation succession might have great effects on
the process of soil detachment by overland flow. This study was carried out to quantify the …

Aggregate stability, playing a key role in resistance to soil erosion, has been greatly
impacted by hydrological stresses. Yet, the mechanism of soil aggregate stabilization has …

Predicting the occurrence of erosive rain events and quantifying the corresponding soil loss
is extremely useful in all applications where assessing phenomenon impacts is required …