Soil erosion control, plant diversity, and arthropod communities under heterogeneous cover crops in an olive orchard

• Published in: Environmental science and pollution research international Vol. 25; no. 2; pp. 977 - 989
• Main Authors: Gómez, José Alfonso, Campos, Mercedes, Guzmán, Gema, Castillo-Llanque, Franco, Vanwalleghem, Tom, Lora, Ángel, Giráldez, Juan V.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.01.2018
• Subjects: annuals; Aquatic Pollution; arthropod communities; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution; cover crops; Earth and Environmental Science; ecosystem services; Ecotoxicology; Environment; Environmental Chemistry; Environmental Health; erosion control; Facing to real sustainability - Conservation agricultural practices around the world; farms; grasses; mowing; olives; orchards; pests; predators; runoff; soil; species diversity; tillage; vegetation; Waste Water Technology; water erosion; Water Management; Water Pollution Control; Heterogeneous; Predators; Cover crops; Sustainability; Olive crop; Biodiversity; Arthropods community; Erosion

A 3-year experiment compared in an olive orchard the effect of different cover crops’ composition on runoff, water erosion, diversity of annual plants, and arthropod communities which could provide an alternative to conventional management based on tillage (CT). The cover crops evaluated were a seed...