Impact assessment of changes in land use/conservation practices on soil erosion in the Penedès–Anoia vineyard region (NE Spain)

• Published in: Soil & tillage research Vol. 57; no. 1; pp. 101 - 106
• Main Authors: Martı́nez-Casasnovas, José A, Sánchez-Bosch, Inés
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.09.2000; Elsevier
• Subjects: Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; Biological and medical sciences; Conservation practice changes; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; geographic information systems; GIS; land use; Land use changes; mechanization; RUSLE; soil conservation; Soil erosion; Soil erosion, conservation, land management and development; Soil science; Spain; tillage; Universal Soil Loss Equation; vineyard soils; viticulture; water erosion; Europe; Mediterranean Basin; Spain; Land use changes; GIS; Conservation practice changes; RUSLE; Soil erosion; Digital terrain model; Universal equation; Cultivated soil; Vitis vinifera; Land use; Soil conservation; Viticulture; Soils; Water erosion(soil); Fruit crop; Vitidaceae; Geographic information system; Dicotyledones; Angiospermae; Spermatophyta; Multidate observation; Field study

Soil erosion by water is one of the most important land degradation processes in the Mediterranean basin. In comparison with other typical crops in this region, vineyards are the agricultural land use that cause the highest soil losses. The changes in land use types and management that have involved...