Impact of forest roads on hydrological processes

A Kastridis - Forests, 2020 - mdpi.com
The current review summarizes the knowledge generated by the recently published studies
of the last twenty years, in the field of forest road networks, concerning the impact of forest …

Effects of mulching on soil physical properties and runoff under semi-arid conditions in southern Spain

A Jordán, LM Zavala, J Gil - Catena, 2010 - Elsevier
Application of crop residues to soil and reduced or no tillage are current management
practices in order to achieve better water management, increase soil fertility, crop production …

[HTML][HTML] A review of road-related soil erosion: an assessment of causes, evaluation techniques and available control measures

KE Seutloali, HR Beckedahl - Earth Sciences Research Journal, 2015 - scielo.org.co
Road construction has increased significantly worldwide in the last decades to meet the
demands of the increasing human population and this has led to serious soil erosion …

Quantitative comparison of initial soil erosion processes and runoff generation in Spanish and German vineyards

JR Comino, T Iserloh, T Lassu, A Cerdà… - Science of the Total …, 2016 - Elsevier
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 …

The role of soil surface properties on the particle size and carbon selectivity of interrill erosion in agricultural landscapes

AJ Koiter, PN Owens, EL Petticrew, DA Lobb - Catena, 2017 - Elsevier
The selective nature of interrill erosion–the preferential mobilization and transport of soil
particles–can lead to the enrichment of fine-grained soil particles (< 63 μm) and organic …

Policies can help to apply successful strategies to control soil and water losses. The case of chipped pruned branches (CPB) in Mediterranean citrus plantations

A Cerdà, J Rodrigo-Comino, A Giménez-Morera… - Land use policy, 2018 - Elsevier
There is a need to devise management strategies that control soil and water losses in
agriculture land to allow the design of proper policies to achieve sustainability. It is the …

Modeling interrill erosion on unpaved roads in the loess plateau of China

L Cao, K Zhang, H Dai, Y Liang - Land Degradation & …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Unpaved roads play an important role in soil loss in small watersheds. In order to assess the
impact of these unpaved roads in the Loess Plateau of China, runoff and sediment yields …

Effectiveness of hydromulching to reduce runoff and erosion in a recently burnt pine plantation in central Portugal

SA Prats, MC Malvar, DCS Vieira… - Land degradation & …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Forest fires can greatly increase runoff and surface erosion rates. Post‐fire soil erosion
control measures are intended to minimize this response and facilitate ecosystem recovery …

Spatial analysis of soil quality through landscape patterns in the Shoor River Basin, Southwestern Iran

FA Mirghaed, B Souri - Catena, 2022 - Elsevier
The soil quality is the inherent capacity of soils to function in an ecosystem, which depend
on soil properties and change under the influence of landscape patterns. This study aimed …

Assessment of the impact of different vegetation patterns on soil erosion processes on semiarid loess slopes

T Feng, W Wei, L Chen… - Earth Surface …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Soil erosion hinders the recovery and development of ecosystems in semiarid regions.
Rainstorms, coupled with the absence of vegetation and improper land management, are …