Transdisciplinary approaches that provide holistic views are essential to properly
understand soil processes and the importance of soil to society and will be crucial in the …

Wildfires increased dramatically in frequency and extent in the European Mediterranean
region from the 1960s, aided by a general warming and drying trend, but driven primarily by …

Approximately 57% of the Brazilian northeast region is recognized as semi-arid land and
has been undergoing intense land use processes in the last decades, which have resulted …

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 …

Conservative and sustainable soil management in vineyards is an approach of primary
importance not only for the yield (tons per hectare) and grapes' quality (primary and …

Mediterranean crops favor high erosion rates. Vineyards use to reach the highest soil and
water losses due to the lack of vegetation cover. A topographical approach by means of the …

Soil management has important effects on soil properties, runoff, soil losses and soil quality.
Traditional olive grove (OG) management is based on reduced tree density, canopy size …

In this review, we explore the significance of rock fragments in studies of soil hydrological
processes, because according to research, the effects of rock fragments on soil hydrological …

Abandonment of agricultural land results in on-and off-site consequences for the ecosystem.
In this study, 105 rainfall simulations were carried out in agriculture lands of the …

Unsuitable agricultural practices can cause loss in soil quality and erodibility to thus
increase or trigger desertification under Mediterranean conditions. A field experiment was …