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Woody encroachment leads to changes in both the structure and function of dryland ecosystems and has been shown to result in accelerated soil erosion and loss of soil nutrients. Covering 40% of the terrestrial land surface, dryland environments are of global importance, both as a habitat and a soil carbon store. Relationships between environmental change, soil erosion, and the carbon cycle are uncertain. There is a clear need to further our understanding of dryland vegetation change and impacts on carbon dynamics. Here two grass\uffe2\uff80\uff90to\uffe2\uff80\uff90woody ecotones that occur across large areas of the southwestern United States are investigated. This study takes a multidisciplinary approach, combining ecohydrological monitoring of structure and function and a dual\uffe2\uff80\uff90proxy biogeochemical tracing approach using the unique natural biochemical signatures of the vegetation. Results show that following woody encroachment, not only do these drylands lose significantly more soil and organic carbon via erosion but that this includes significant amounts of legacy organic carbon which would previously have been stable under grass cover. Results suggest that these dryland soils may not act as a stable organic carbon pool, following encroachment and that accelerated erosion of carbon, driven by vegetation change, has important implications for carbon dynamics.</p>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "soil erosion", "info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/550", "550", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "soil carbon pool", "13. 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Since soils are involved in the processing chain the question, however, is if this conversion can be done without compromising soil quality. In this chapter we discuss the soil quality aspect of biofuel production. The production of biofuel crops might simultaneously affect a combination of soil properties and stipulating severe human-driven soil quality threats, out of which the decline of soil organic matter (SOM), the increase of erosion risks, and on and off-site pollution and nutrient losses are the most pronounced. We consider the differences between annual and perennial crops out of the effects of management and land-use change (LUC), including an issue of soil organic carbon (SOC) budget and sustainable removal of crop residues for energy production. Consequently, we discuss soil quality under biofuel crop production as affected by these threats to provide essential soil services. The challenges of the soil quality aspect of sustainable biofuel crop production, which include by-product management, soil remediation potential, and utilization of idle and degraded soils for biofuels, are also covered by this chapter", "keywords": ["soil erosion", "soil organic carbon (SOC)", "biofuel crops", "biofuel production", "soil quality", "land-use change (LUC)", "sustainability"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118635797.ch8"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1002/9781118635797.ch8", "name": "item", "description": "10.1002/9781118635797.ch8", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1002/9781118635797.ch8"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2013-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s10021-008-9154-z", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:14:47Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2008-05-27", "title": "Reversibility Of Soil Productivity Decline With Organic Matter Of Differing Quality Along A Degradation Gradient", "description": "In the highlands of Western Kenya, we investigated the reversibility of soil productivity decline with increasing length of continuous maize cultivation over 100\u00a0years (corresponding to decreasing soil organic carbon (SOC) and nutrient contents) using organic matter additions of differing quality and stability as a function of soil texture and inorganic nitrogen (N) additions. The ability of additions of labile organic matter (green and animal manure) to improve productivity primarily by enhanced nutrient availability was contrasted with the ability of stable organic matter (biochar and sawdust) to improve productivity by enhancing SOC. Maize productivity declined by 66% during the first 35\u00a0years of continuous cropping after forest clearing. Productivity remained at a low level of 3.0\u00a0t\u00a0grain\u00a0ha-1 across the chronosequence stretching up to 105\u00a0years of continuous cultivation despite full N\u2013phosphorus (P)\u2013potassium (K) fertilization (120\u2013100\u2013100\u00a0kg ha\u22121). Application of organic resources reversed the productivity decline by increasing yields by 57\u2013167%, whereby responses to nutrient-rich green manure were 110% greater than those from nutrient-poor sawdust. Productivity at the most degraded sites (80\u2013105\u00a0years since forest clearing) increased in response to green manure to a greater extent than the yields at the least degraded sites (5\u00a0years since forest clearing), both with full N\u2013P\u2013K fertilization. Biochar additions at the most degraded sites doubled maize yield (equaling responses to green manure additions in some instances) that were not fully explained by nutrient availability, suggesting improvement of factors other than plant nutrition. There was no detectable influence of texture (soils with either 11\u201314 or 45\u201349% clay) when low quality organic matter was applied (sawdust, biochar), whereas productivity was 8, 15, and 39% greater (P\u00a0<\u00a00.05) on sandier than heavier textured soils with high quality organic matter (green and animal manure) or only inorganic nutrient additions, respectively. Across the entire degradation range, organic matter additions decreased the need for additional inorganic fertilizer N irrespective of the quality of the organic matter. For low quality organic resources (biochar and sawdust), crop yields were increasingly responsive to inorganic N fertilization with increasing soil degradation. On the other hand, fertilizer N additions did not improve soil productivity when high quality organic inputs were applied. Even with the tested full N\u2013P\u2013K fertilization, adding organic matter to soil was required for restoring soil productivity and most effective in the most degraded sites through both nutrient delivery (with green manure) and improvement of SOC (with biochar).", "keywords": ["Soil nutrients", "2. Zero hunger", "Soil management", "Soil organic matter", "Chronosequence", "Sustainable agriculture", "Green manure crops", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Soil fertility", "Soil degradation", "Soil productivity", "Soil erosion", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Biochar addition", "Clay concentration", "Agroecosystems", "Field Scale"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-008-9154-z"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Ecosystems", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s10021-008-9154-z", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s10021-008-9154-z", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s10021-008-9154-z"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2008-05-28T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s10342-016-0961-z", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:14:51Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2016-05-17", "title": "Soil Erodibility And Quality Of Volcanic Soils As Affected By Pine Plantations In Degraded Rangelands Of Nw Patagonia", "description": "Fil: la Manna, Ludmila Andrea. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia; Argentina", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Simulated Rainfall", "Runoff", "https://purl.org/becyt/ford/4.1", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Pinus Ponderosa", "https://purl.org/becyt/ford/4", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Soil Erosion"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s10342-016-0961-z"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/European%20Journal%20of%20Forest%20Research", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s10342-016-0961-z", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s10342-016-0961-z", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s10342-016-0961-z"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2016-05-17T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s10457-008-9152-3", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:14:52Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2008-05-23", "title": "Combining Napier Grass With Leguminous Shrubs In Contour Hedgerows Controls Soil Erosion Without Competing With Crops", "description": "We established hedges/barriers of calliandra (Calliandra calothyrsus Meissner), leucaena (Leucaena trichandra (Zucc.) Urban)) and napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum Schumach) and combination hedges of either calliandra or leucaena with napier grass on slopes exceeding 5% to study the effect of vegetative barriers on productivity of arable steep-lands in central Kenya. Hedges/barriers were pruned regularly and biomass incorporated into the plots. Hedge plots were monitored for soil fertility, soil losses and maize crop yield changes. Inorganic-N concentration in the tree hedge plots was higher than in the control and napier barrier plots after 20 months. Napier grass barriers were the most effective in reducing erosion losses across the two seasons. The effectiveness of napier grass to significantly reduce soil erosion was detectable in one year old napier barriers. Soil loss from all the other one year old vegetative treatments was similar to soil loss from the control. Seventeen month old combination hedge plots recorded lower soil losses than tree hedges of the same age (P = 0.012). Maize crop yields throughout the trial period were high and similar for leguminous and combination hedge plots, but lower in the napier grass and control plots. Overall, we observed that the combination hedges seemed to provide a win-win scenario of reduction in soil erosion combined with improvement of maize crop yields and soil fertility enhancement. We conclude that vegetative hedges have a potential for improving soil productivity in arable steep-lands of the central highlands of Kenya, and that in adoption of vegetative hedges for this purpose there are trade-offs between soil conservation, soil fertility and maize crop yields to be considered.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0106 biological sciences", "soil erosion", "soil fertility", "forestry", "Soil erosion", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "leucaena", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Contour hedges", "15. Life on land", "Soil fertility", "01 natural sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-008-9152-3"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Agroforestry%20Systems", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s10457-008-9152-3", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s10457-008-9152-3", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s10457-008-9152-3"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2008-05-24T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s10457-011-9442-z", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:14:53Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2011-11-02", "title": "Modeling The Impacts Of Agroforestry Systems On The Spatial Patterns Of Soil Erosion Risk In Three Catchments Of Claveria, The Philippines", "description": "Agroforestry is one of the preferred land-use options for smallholder farms in tropical landscapes due to its ability to increase land productivity and protect soil from erosion. We investigated the impacts of agroforestry and traditional monocropping systems on the spatial patterns of soil erosion risk in three catchment areas of Claveria, the Philippines, using WaTEM/SEDEM, a spatially distributed soil erosion model. The model predicts soil loss in catchments based on the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) by taking into account the influences of rainfall, soil erodibility, vegetation cover and 2-dimensional variations in landscape structure. The predicted soil erosion rates were transformed into risk values in order to identify areas with higher risk for erosion. Model results indicate a large spatial variability in soil erosion risk patterns, with higher risks occurring on slopes greater than 8% on land under non-agroforestry use. The soil erosion risk maps were used to formulate site-specific agroforestry recommendations for future landscape amelioration plans.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "soil erosion", "13. Climate action", "upland areas", "RUSLE", "WaTEM/SEDEM", "the Philippines", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "land-use planning", "tropical region", "agroforestry", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Delgado, Marc, Canters, Frank,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-011-9442-z"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Agroforestry%20Systems", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s10457-011-9442-z", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s10457-011-9442-z", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s10457-011-9442-z"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2011-11-02T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.farsys.2024.100081", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:16:16Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2024-03-07", "title": "Determinants of soil and water conservation practices adoption by smallholder farmers in the central highlands of Kenya", "description": "The central highlands of Kenya play a vital role in supporting agricultural activities and sustaining the livelihoods of smallholder farmers. Despite its crucial role, the region faces substantial environmental challenges like soil erosion and land degradation, necessitating the adoption of sustainable land management practices. The aim of this study was to investigate the determinants of the adoption of Soil and Water Conservation Practices (SWCPs) among smallholder farmers in central Kenya. Primary data was collected from three administrative wards of Tharaka Nithi County (TNC) using 150 semi-structured household (HH) questionnaires, Key Informant Interviews (KII), and field observations. STATA and Microsoft Office Excel software were used to analyse the HH survey data, using descriptive statistics, inferential statistics, and the binary logistic regression model. Qualitative data from the KII was analysed through synthesized text summaries. The results show that 65.33 % of the respondents adopted SWCPs on their farms, while 34.67 % did not at the time of our study. The study findings further revealed that farm size (\u03b2\u00a0\u200b=\u00a0\u200b0.641; p\u00a0\u200b<\u00a0\u200b0.05), and Agro-ecological zone (AEZ) (\u03b2\u00a0\u200b=\u00a0\u200b1.341; p\u00a0\u200b<\u00a0\u200b0.05) positively influenced the adoption of SWCPs. On the other hand, distance from homestead to farm (\u03b2\u00a0\u200b=\u00a0\u200b\u22120.003; p\u00a0\u200b<\u00a0\u200b0.05), and age (\u03b2\u00a0\u200b=\u00a0\u200b\u22120.039; p\u00a0\u200b\u2264\u00a0\u200b0.05) negatively influenced the adoption of SWCPs by the farmers. Challenges in SWCPs implementation included inadequate capital (76.53 %), high labor costs (62.24 %), lack of technical knowledge (34.69 %), lack of infrastructure (17.35 %), and insecure land tenure (1.02 %). These study findings hold the potential to guide the TNC government in formulating tailored strategies that can foster the adoption and sustainable implementation of SWCPs among smallholder farmers. If properly implemented, the strategies will bolster agricultural productivity, mitigate soil erosion, and enhance the region's overall environmental and economic well-being.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "05.02. K\u00f6zgazdas\u00e1gi \u00e9s gazd\u00e1lkod\u00e1studom\u00e1nyok", "Agriculture (General)", "1. No poverty", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "ddc:910", "Soil fertility", "Smallholder farmers", "Binary logistic model", "01 natural sciences", "S1-972", "12. Responsible consumption", "Mount Kenya east", "11. 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An opinion", "description": "High mountain environments are among the most fragile on Earth. Due to anthropogenic disturbances and the exposure to extreme weather events, the rates of soil erosion have recently been accelerating, resulting in ecological degradation and geological hazards. Ecological restoration of mountains and an improved understanding of nature-based solutions to mitigate land degradation is therefore of utmost urgency. Identifying hotspots of soil erosion is a first step towards improving mitigation strategies. A promising methodology to identify erosion hotspots is sediment source fingerprinting, that differentiates the properties of soil from different sources, using signatures such as elemental geochemistry or radionuclides. However, in areas with complex lithologies or shallow and poorly developed soils, geochemical fingerprints allow only a rough distinction between erosion hotspots. In this opinion paper, we explore the relevance of environmental DNA (eDNA) that originates from plant litter and fixes onto fine soil particles, as a targeted sediment fingerprinting method sensitive to vegetation that could potentially allow the identification of erosion hotspots and their relative importance from sedimentary deposits. Pioneering studies indicate that eDNA allows not only the detection of specific vegetation communities, but also the identification of individual plant species. Supported by the increasing availability and quality of vegetation maps and eDNA reference libraries, we argue that sediment source fingerprinting using eDNA from plant litter, will evolve into a valuable method to identify hotspots of soil erosion and allow stakeholders to prioritize areas where ecological restoration is necessary in high mountain environments.", "keywords": ["Soil and water bioengineering", "Vegetation", "[SDV.BID.SPT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity/Systematics", "550", "Sediment source fingerprinting", "Phylogenetics and taxonomy", "[SDV.BV.BOT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Vegetal Biology/Botanics", "15. Life on land", "Alpine", "01 natural sciences", "[SDV.BV.BOT] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Vegetal Biology/Botanics", "[SDE.BE] Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology", "Landslide", "Erosion", "13. Climate action", "[SDV.EE.ECO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology", "[SDV.BID.SPT] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity/Systematics", " Phylogenetics and taxonomy", "[SDV.EE.ECO] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology", " environment/Ecosystems", "[SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology", "environment/Ecosystems", "sedDNA", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11104-021-05261-9.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-021-05261-9"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Plant%20and%20Soil", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s11104-021-05261-9", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s11104-021-05261-9", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s11104-021-05261-9"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2022-01-30T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s12145-018-0349-3", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:15:23Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2018-05-30", "title": "An integrated method for calculating DEM-based RUSLE LS", "description": "The improvement of resolution of digital elevation models (DEMs) and the increasing application of the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) over large areas have created problems for the efficiency of calculating the LS factor for large data sets. The pretreatment for flat areas, flow accumulation, and slope-length calculation have traditionally been the most time-consuming steps. However, obtaining these features are generally usually considered as separate steps, and calculations still tend to be time-consuming. We developed an integrated method to improve the efficiency of calculating the LS factor. The calculation model contains algorithms for calculating flow direction, flow accumulation, slope length, and the LS factor. We used the Deterministic 8 method to develop flow-direction octrees (FDOTs), flat matrices (FMs) and first-in-first-out queues (FIFOQs) tracing the flow path. These data structures were much more time-efficient for calculating the slope length inside the flats, the flow accumulation, and the slope length linearly by traversing the FDOTs from their leaves to their roots, which can reduce the search scope and data swapping. We evaluated the accuracy and effectiveness of this integrated algorithm by calculating the LS factor for three areas of the Loess Plateau in China and SRTM DEM of China. The results indicated that this tool could substantially improve the efficiency of LS-factor calculations over large areas without reducing accuracy.", "keywords": ["Revised universal soil loss equation (RUSLE)", "Soil erosion", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "0101 mathematics", "Geographic information system (GIS)", "01 natural sciences", "LS factor"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Wang, Meng, Baartman, Jantiene E.M., Zhang, Hongming, Yang, Qinke, Li, Shuqin, Yang, Jiangtao, Cai, Cheng, Wang, Meili, Ritsema, Coen J., Geissen, Violette,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12145-018-0349-3.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s12145-018-0349-3"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Earth%20Science%20Informatics", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s12145-018-0349-3", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s12145-018-0349-3", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s12145-018-0349-3"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2018-05-30T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.agee.2008.06.004", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:15:31Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2008-07-14", "title": "Runoff And Sediment Losses From 27 Upland Catchments In Southeast Asia: Impact Of Rapid Land Use Changes And Conservation Practices", "description": "Rapid changes in upland farming systems in Southeast Asia generated predominantly by increased population pressure and 'market forces' have resulted in widespread land degradation that has been well documented at the plot scale. Yet, the links between agricultural activities in the uplands and downstream off-site effects remain largely unknown because of the difficulties in transferring results from plots to a larger scale. Many authors have thus pointed out the need for long-term catchment studies. The objective of this paper is to summarize the results obtained by the Management of Soil Erosion Consortium (MSEC) over the last 5 years from 27 catchments in five countries (Indonesia, Laos, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam). The purpose of the study was to assess the impacts of cultivation practices on annual runoff and erosion rates. Initial surveys in each catchment included topography, soils and land use. Monitoring included climatic, hydrologic and erosion (total sediment yield including bed load and suspended sediment load) data, land use and crop yields, and farmers' income. In addition, new land management options were introduced through consultations with farmers and evaluated in terms of runoff and erosion. These included tree plantations, fruit trees, improved fallow with legumes, maize intercropped with legumes, planted fodder, native grass strips and agro-ecological practices (direct sowing and mulch-based conservation agriculture). Regressions analyses showed that runoff during the rainy season, and normalized runoff flow coefficient based on erosive rainfall during the rainy season (rainfall with intensity exceeding 25 mm h(-1)) increase with the percentage of the catchment covered by maize. Both variables decrease with increasing soil depth, standard deviation of catchment slope (that reflects terrain roughness), and the percentages of the catchment covered by fallow (regular and improved), tree plantations and planted fodder. The best predictors of sediment yield were the surface percentages of maize, Job's tears, cassava and footpaths. The main conclusions generated from this study were: (i) soil erosion is predominantly influenced by land use rather than environmental characteristics not only at the plot scale but also at the catchment scale; (ii) slash-and-burn shifting cultivation with sufficiently long rotations (I year of cultivation, 8 years of fallow) is too often unjustly blamed for degradation; (iii) in its place, continuous cropping of maize and cassava promotes high rates of soil erosion at the catchment scale; (iv) conservation technologies are efficient in reducing runoff and total sediment yield at the catchment scale; (v) the adoption of improved soil management technologies by upland farmers is not a function of the degree of intensification of their farming system and/or of their incomes. The results suggest that if expansion of maize and cassava into already degraded upland systems were to occur due to increased demand for biofuels, there is a risk of higher runoff and sediment generation. A failure to adopt appropriate land use management strategies will result in further rapid resource degradation with negative impacts to downstream communities.", "keywords": ["550", "runoff", "sloping land", "[SDV.SA.SDS]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Soil study", "910", "maize", "01 natural sciences", "cassava", "630", "upland rice", "catchment areas", "farming systems", "[SDV.SA.SDS] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Soil study", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "Cassava", "land use", "Upland rice", "soil conservation", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "erosion", "shifting cultivation", "6. Clean water", "Maize", "Steep slopes", "13. Climate action", "Soil erosion", "Shifting cultivation", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "sedimentation"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2008.06.004"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Agriculture%2C%20Ecosystems%20%26amp%3B%20Environment", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.agee.2008.06.004", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.agee.2008.06.004", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.agee.2008.06.004"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2008-12-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.catena.2004.09.006", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:15:56Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2004-12-15", "title": "Long-Term Erosional Responses After Fire In The Central Spanish Pyrenees", "description": "Open Access20 p\u00e1ginas, 6 figuras, 4 tablas.", "keywords": ["Runoff", "Pyrenees", "Soil erosion", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Solute release", "Experimental plots", "Nutrients", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Fire", "Abandoned fields", "6. Clean water"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2004.09.006"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/CATENA", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.catena.2004.09.006", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.catena.2004.09.006", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.catena.2004.09.006"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2005-02-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.128322", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:16:46Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2022-08-23", "title": "Soil surface connectivity of tilled soil with wheel tracks and its development under simulated rainfall", "description": "Project Co-ordinators: Dr. Jose Alfonso G\u00f3mez Calero (Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible (IAS-CISC), Dr. Weifeng Xu (Fujian Agriculture and Forest University, FAFU). -- Trabajo desarrollado bajo la financiaci\u00f3n del proyecto \u201cSoil Hydrology research platform underpinning innovation to manage water scarcity in European and Chinese cropping Systems\u201d (773903), coordinado por Jos\u00e9 Alfonso G\u00f3mez Calero, investigador del Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible (IAS). Although wheel tracks cover only a small portion of the surface of agricultural fields, their effect on surface runoff and sediment transport is substantial. Wheel tracks change the microrelief of the soil surface, and influence how the surface is further altered by rainfall and runoff. This study presents a plot-scale microrelief analysis of a tilled surface with wheel tracks under simulated rainfall. Digital elevation models of the microrelief with 1 cm spatial resolution were obtained using the Structure from Motion method. The random roughness, the structural connectivity, and functional connectivity were calculated for before-rainfall and after-rainfall soil surface conditions. The experiments were carried out on inclined, freshly-tilled plots (8 m long, 2 m wide). The wheel tracks were created by four passages of machinery in the slope direction (SWT) and in the contour-line direction (CWT). The experiments were compared to reference plots without wheel tracks (NWT). The wheel tracks increase water and sediment connectivity if they are oriented in slope-wise direction. Microrelief analysis shows that SWT drains water from the surrounding soil. The soil surface adjacent to SWT can also become more connected with the wheel track, due to changes in microrelief introduced by rainfall and runoff. The calculated higher connectivity in the SWT plot corresponded to the measured increased sediment loads. This suggests faster overland flow and therefore shorter flow pathways on the soil surface microrelief. CWT leads to a decrease in the water and sediment connectivity compared to the NWT and SWT plots. Although the surface runoff can overflow the CWT, the network of flow paths results in decreased flow velocity and a slower sediment transport rate. However, the CWT effect is not permanent, and declines as the wheel tracks become silted with the deposited sediment. It is shown that detailed microrelief data provide relevant information for a study of the changes in flow routing in a tilled agricultural field with the presence of a wheel track. SWT accelerates the runoff and especially the sediment transport. During a rainfall event, the hydraulic connection between the wheel track and the surrounding soil increases dramatically. CWT reduces the surface runoff and also the sediment transport. In the long term, rainfall events and surface runoff alter the microrelief connectivity, causing the soil surface to be more hydraulically connected, irrespective of the wheel track orientation. This study demonstrates the effect of wheel tracks on water and sediment transport. The results draw attention to the importance of appropriate soil protection measures, as a bare unprotected surface microrelief exposed to rainfall leads to increased sediment connectivity. This research was supported by Horizon 2020 research and innovation program project no 773903 under the title \u201cShui \u2013 Soil Hydrology research platform underpinning innovation to manage water scarcity in European and Chinese cropping systems\u201d, by Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic project no. LTAUSA19019 \u201cConnectivity of sediment transport within intensively-used rural catchments\u201d, and by Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic project no. QK1920224\u201d Ways of soil erosion protection on the farm level after glyphosate ban\u201d. Additional support from Grant Agency of the Czech Technical University in Prague project no. SGS20/156/OHK1/3T/11 \u201cMonitoring, experiments, and mathematical modelling of rainfall runoff and soil erosion processes\u201d is also gratefully acknowledged. Peer reviewed", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Connectivity", "Erosion", "Structure from motion", "Microrelief", "0207 environmental engineering", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "02 engineering and technology", "15. Life on land", "Surface runoff", "6. Clean water", "Agricultural fields"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.128322"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Journal%20of%20Hydrology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.128322", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.128322", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.128322"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2022-10-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.catena.2013.06.021", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:15:56Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2013-07-21", "title": "Effects Of Biochar On Soil Properties And Erosion Potential In A Highly Weathered Soil", "description": "AbstractHighly weathered soils in humid Asia are characterized by low soil fertility and high soil erosion potential. This study evaluates the influences of biochar made from the waste wood of white lead trees (Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit) on the physicochemical and biological properties of long-term cultivated, acidic Ultisol. This study used three application rates (0%, 2.5%, and 5% (wt/wt)) of the biochar with an incubation time of 105d for all cases. Soils were collected at 21d, 42d, 63d, 84d and 105d during the incubation period to evaluate changes in soil properties over time. A simulated rainfall event (80mmh\u22121) was performed to estimate soil loss for all treatments at the end of the incubation time. Experimental results indicate that applying biochar improved the physicochemical and biological properties of the highly weathered soils, including significant increases in soil pH from 3.9 to 5.1, cation exchange capacity from 7.41 to 10.8cmol (+) kg\u22121, base cation percentage from 6.40 to 26.0%, and microbial biomass carbon (MBC) from 835 to 1262mgkg\u22121. Compared with the control (i.e., no biochar), biochar application decreased bulk density from 1.4 to 1.1Mgm\u22123, increased Ksat by 1.8 times and increased the mean weight diameter (MWD) of soil aggregates from 2.6cm to 4.0cm. Incorporating biochar into the soil significantly reduced soil loss by 50% and 64% at 2.5% and 5% application rates, respectively, compared with the control. The formation of macroaggregates in the biochar-amended soils is the critical factor to improve soil erosion potential. Based on these results, a 5% application rate of biochar is considered as suitable for highly weathered soil because this application rate efficiently improves soil physiochemical properties and reduces soil loss.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Biochar", "Erosion", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Highly weathered soil", "15. Life on land", "Soil loss", "Soil quality", "6. Clean water", "Earth-Surface Processes"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Chien Sheng Wang, Shih-Hao Jien,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2013.06.021"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/CATENA", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.catena.2013.06.021", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.catena.2013.06.021", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.catena.2013.06.021"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2013-11-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.catena.2015.11.008", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:15:57Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2015-11-22", "title": "The Impact Of Manure, Straw And Biochar Amendments On Aggregation And Erosion In A Hillslope Ultisol", "description": "Soil erosion is a serious problem in subtropical China where hillslope red soils (Ultisols in US soil taxonomy) are intensively cultivated. Manure and amendments have been reported to improve crop growth and soil structural stability in long-term experiments so the objective of this study was to determine the effect of different organic amendments on soil aggregate stability, agronomic performance, runoff, and erosion. Four treatments consisted of inorganic NPK fertilizer (NPK), NPK fertilizer plus rice straw mulch (NPK + Str), NPK fertilizer plus rice straw-derived biochar (NPK + BC), and NPK fertilizer plus swine manure (NPK + OM) located on land with a 9\u201314% slope planted with peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.). During the peanut season, soil erosion ranged from around 2600 ton km\u2212 2 with just inorganic NPK fertilizer down to 627 ton km\u2212 2 with fertilizer plus swine manure, while addition of swine manure also increased the above-ground biomass and SOC (P   0.05) except the SOC, because biochar was susceptible to erosion (2115 ton km\u2212 2). The least erosion was observed in the straw mulch treatment (225 ton km\u2212 2), while it improved the above-ground biomass (P < 0.05) but not the C stock. The results indicated that the application of organic manure was a more appropriate practice for hillslope Ultisols management than using biochar.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "soil erosion", "[SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes", "[SDU.STU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "630", "6. Clean water", "3. Good health", "[SDE.MCG] Environmental Sciences/Global Changes", "[SDU.STU] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "biochar", "soil structure", "organic amendment", "aggregate stability"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Peng, Xinhua, Zhu, Q. H., Xie, Zubin, Darboux, Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric, Holden, Nick M.,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2015.11.008"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/CATENA", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.catena.2015.11.008", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.catena.2015.11.008", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.catena.2015.11.008"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2016-03-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.catena.2021.105818", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:15:58Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2021-11-13", "title": "An optimized method for extracting slope length in RUSLE from raster digital elevation", "description": "Abstract   The Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) and the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) have been widely used for predicting average soil loss. Slope length is an important topographical parameter of the L factor in USLE/RUSLE. Among the widely studied GIS procedures for extracting slope length, the distributed watershed erosion slope length (DWESL) based on the unit contributing area estimation method, which considers two-dimensional runoff process and cutoff factors, is a relatively complete model for calculating slope length. Slope length in the DWESL model is primarily calculated using conventional flow direction algorithms such as D8, Dinf, MS and MFD-md. However, DWESL outputs require further improvement due to the errors in the usual estimates of the uphill contributing area and the effective contour length of discrete elements. Combined with a theoretical differential equation of specific catchment area on hillsides, the calculation of the DWESL model was optimized without estimating the uphill contributing area or the effective contour length for each cell. The proposed integration method based on the topographical features slope line, contour curvature and cutoff factors (ITF method) was used to extract slope length from the raster digital elevation. Slope length extracted using the ITF method had the smallest error in verification of mathematical surfaces (average RRMSE \u00a0=\u00a00.0573), and its spatial distribution was more consistent with the structure of the terrain surface for all test data, relative to the conventional flow direction algorithms in the original DWESL model. The proposed ITF method could provide a reference for predicting soil erosion using the USLE/RUSLE model.", "keywords": ["Slope Length", "Soil erosion", "0211 other engineering and technologies", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "RUSLE", "Terrain analysis", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "02 engineering and technology", "15. Life on land", "GIS"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2021.105818"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/CATENA", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.catena.2021.105818", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.catena.2021.105818", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.catena.2021.105818"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2022-02-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.still.2008.09.003", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:17:21Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2008-11-08", "title": "Stratification Ratio Of Soil Organic Matter Pools As An Indicator Of Carbon Sequestration In A Tillage Chronosequence On A Brazilian Oxisol", "description": "Abstract   Long-term no-tillage (NT) leads to profile stratification of soil organic matter (SOM) pools, and the soil organic carbon (SOC) stratification ratio (SR) is an indicator of soil quality. The objective of this report is to assess the feasibility of using SOC-SR as an index for estimating SOC sequestration in NT soils. The effect of a plow tillage (PT) and NT chronosequence on the SR of SOM pools was assessed in an Oxisol in Southern Brazil (50\u00b023\u2032W and 24\u00b036\u2032S). The chronosequence consisted of six sites: (i) native field (NF); (ii) PT of the native field (PNF-1) involving conversion of natural vegetation to cropland; (iii) NT for 10 years (NT-10); (iv) NT for 20 years (NT-20); (v) NT for 22 years (NT-22); (vi) conventional tillage for 22 years (CT-22). Soil samples were collected from four depths (0\u20135\u00a0cm; 5\u201310\u00a0cm; 10\u201320\u00a0cm; 20\u201340\u00a0cm layer) and soil parameters comprised by SOM pools [i.e., C, N, S, particulate organic C (POC), particulate N (PN), stable C (SC) and stable N (SN), microbial biomass C (MBC) and microbial biomass N (MBN), basal respiration (BR), dissolved organic C (DOC), total polysaccharides (TP) and labile polysaccharides (LP)] were measured. In undisturbed NF soil, the SR of all parameters increased with increase in soil depth. In contrast, the SR decreased in PT, and the SOM was uniformly distributed in the soil profile. All NT treatments restored the SR, and were characterized with higher values of all measured parameters compared to NF. The SR for SOC ranged from 1.12 to 1.51 for CT-22 compared with 1.64\u20132.61 SR for NT surface and sub-soil layers, respectively. The SR for POC and PN were higher than those for stable C and N. However, SR for the biological pools (e.g., MBC, MBN and BR) were the highest and strongly correlated with the rate of SOC sequestration. An increase in SR of SOC was also positively correlated with the rate and amount of SOC sequestered. Regression analyses indicated a strong correlation between SR of SOC and all parameters monitored in this study. The data showed that the SR of SOC is an efficient indicator of C sequestration in long-term NT management.", "keywords": ["Carbon sequestration", "2. Zero hunger", "Soil organic matter", "Chronosequence", "No-till", "Black oats", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Soil fertility", "Stratification ratio", "Soil quality", "Lupine", "6. Clean water", "Tillage", "Soil erosion", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Som pools", "Oxisols", "Field Scale", "Conservation tillage"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2008.09.003"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Soil%20and%20Tillage%20Research", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.still.2008.09.003", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.still.2008.09.003", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.still.2008.09.003"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2009-04-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.geoderma.2019.02.028", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:16:34Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2019-03-07", "title": "Possibilities to improve soil aggregate stability using biochars derived from various biomasses through slow pyrolysis, hydrothermal carbonization, or torrefaction", "description": "Various thermochemical conversion technologies can be applied in producing biochar from a wide range of raw materials. We studied the chemical quality of 10 different biochars produced via torrefaction (TOR), slow pyrolysis (SP), or hydrothermal carbonization (HTC), in order to assess their potential in improving clay soil aggregate stability and thus contribute to mitigation of erosion from agricultural soils. X-ray tomography was used to visualize soil aggregates in some selected biochar treatments. Feedstock type had a major influence on the properties of the biochar, but in general biochars derived through SP were alkaline and exhibited higher electrical conductivity and ash content and lower surface activity than acidic HTC and TOR biochars. Alkyl peak areas determined from FTIR spectra were higher in biochars produced by TOR and HTC than in SP biochars, which indicates a higher degree of hydrophobicity in the former. Significantly higher aggregate stability and reduced colloid detachment were achieved with HTC biochars, most likely due to hydrophobicity reducing wetting rate and aggregate slaking. When mixed with initially aggregated soil, the biochar particles settled in inter-aggregate voids. According to image analysis, the internal porosity of soil aggregates was not affected by biochar addition, i.e., biochar did not enter the aggregates during the short incubation period. Addition of hydrophobic HTC biochar decreased the soil water content at field capacity, whereas more inert SP chars tended to increase it. The overall effect of biochar hydrophobicity on soil functions needs to be explored prior to wider use of biochar as a soil amendment.", "keywords": ["ta1172", "ta1171", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "erosion", "333", "6. Clean water", "soil aggregates", "clay soils", "ta1181", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy", "agricultural soils", "soil structure", "ta414", "ta415"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2019.02.028"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Geoderma", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.geoderma.2019.02.028", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.geoderma.2019.02.028", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.geoderma.2019.02.028"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2019-06-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.geoderma.2017.08.006", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:16:34Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2017-08-30", "title": "An improved method for calculating slope length (\u03bb) and the LS parameters of the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation for large watersheds", "description": "Abstract   The Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) and its revised version (RUSLE) are often used to estimate soil erosion at regional landscape scales. USLE/RUSLE contain parameters for slope length factor (L) and slope steepness factor (S), usually combined as LS. However a major limitation is the difficulty in extracting the LS factor. Methods to estimate LS based on geographic information systems have been developed in the last two decades. L can be calculated for large watersheds using the unit contributing area (UCA) or the slope length (\u03bb) as input parameters. Due to the absence of an estimation of slope length, the UCA method is insufficiently accurate. Improvement of the spatial accuracy of slope length and LS factor is still necessary for estimating soil erosion. The purpose of this study was to develop an improved method to estimate the slope length and LS factor. We combined the algorithm for multiple-flow direction (MFD) used in the UCA method with the LS-TOOL (LS-TOOLSFD) algorithms, taking into account the calculation errors and cutoff conditions for distance, to obtain slope length (\u03bb) and the LS factor. The new method, LS-TOOLMFD, was applied and validated in a catchment with complexly variable slopes. The slope length and LS calculated by LS-TOOLMFD both agreed better with field data than with the calculations using the LS-TOOLSFD and UCA methods, respectively. We then integrated the LS-TOOLMFD algorithm into LS-TOOL developed in Microsoft's .NET environment using C# with a user-friendly interface. The method can automatically calculate slope length, slope steepness, L, S, and LS factor, providing the results as ASCII files that can be easily used in GIS software and erosion models. This study is an important step forward in conducting accurate large-scale erosion evaluation.", "keywords": ["13. Climate action", "LS", "Soil erosion", "0207 environmental engineering", "RUSLE", "Terrain analysis", "02 engineering and technology", "15. Life on land", "GIS", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2017.08.006"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Geoderma", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.geoderma.2017.08.006", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.geoderma.2017.08.006", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.geoderma.2017.08.006"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2017-12-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.geomorph.2020.107579", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:16:36Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2021-01-20", "title": "Ending the Cinderella status of terraces and lynchets in Europe: The geomorphology of agricultural terraces and implications for ecosystem services and climate adaptation", "description": "Terraces and lynchets are ubiquitous worldwide and can provide increasingly important Ecosystem Services (ESs), which may be able to mitigate aspects of climate change. They are also a major cause of non-linearity between climate and erosion rates in agricultural systems as noted from alluvial and colluvial studies. New research in the \u2018critical zone\u2019 has shown that we must now treat soil production as an ecologically sensitive variable with implications for soil carbon sequestration. In this review and synthesis paper we present a modified classification of agricultural terraces, review the theoretical background of both terraces and lynchets, and show how new techniques are transforming the study of these widespread and often ancient anthropogenic landforms. The problems of dating terraces and the time-consuming nature of costly surveys has held back the geomorphological and geoarchaeological study of terraces until now. The suite of techniques now available, and reviewed here,includes Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) - Structure from Motion (SfM) photogrammetry, Airborne and Terrestrial Laser Scanning (ALS-TLS); optically stimulated luminescence (OSL and pOSL), portable x-ray fluorescence (pXRF), Fourier-transform infra-red analysis (FTIR), phytoliths from plants, and potentially environmental DNA. Three process-related geomorphological questions arise from using this suite of methods; a) can they provide both a chronology of formation and use history, b) can we identify the sources of all the soil components? c) can terrace soil formation and ecosystem services be modelled at the slope to catchment scale? The answers to these questions can also inform the management of the large areas of abandoned and under-used terraces that are resulting from both the economics of farming and rural population changes. Where possible, examples are drawn from a recently started ERC project (TerrACE; ERC-2018-2023; https://www.terrace.no/) that is working at over 15 sites in Europe ranging from Norway to Greece.", "keywords": ["Agricultural soils; Erosion; Geomorphic history; Soil formation", "2. Zero hunger", "VDP::Teknologi: 500::Informasjons- og kommunikasjonsteknologi: 550::Geografiske informasjonssystemer: 555", "VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450", "550", "VDP::Technology: 500::Information and communication technology: 550::Geographical information systems: 555", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "Geomorphic history", "13. Climate action", "Erosion;", "VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Geofag: 450", "Soil formation;", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Agricultural soils;", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/170714/1/1_s2.0_S0169555X20305523_main.pdf"}, {"href": "https://www.research.unipd.it/bitstream/11577/3390095/1/Brown%20et%20al.%20%282021%29.pdf"}, {"href": "https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/454976/1/1_s2.0_S0169555X20305523_main_1_.pdf"}, {"href": "https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/454976/2/Brown_A.G._et_al._2021_Ending_the_Cinderella_status_of_terraces_and_lynchets_in_Europe._The_geomorphology_of_agricultural_terraces_and_implications_for_ecosystem_services_and_climatic_adaptation.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2020.107579"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Geomorphology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.geomorph.2020.107579", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.geomorph.2020.107579", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.geomorph.2020.107579"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2021-04-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.iswcr.2020.07.003", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:16:38Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2020-07-17", "title": "Evaluation of soil erosion risk and identification of soil cover and management factor (C) for RUSLE in European vineyards with different soil management", "description": "Open AccessThis study was funded by the European BiodivERsA project VineDivers (https://short.boku.ac.at/vinedivers) through the BiodivERsA/FACCE JPI (2013\u20132014 joint call) for research proposals, with the national funders: Austrian Science Fund (grant numbers I 2044-/I 2043-/I 2042-B25 FWF), French National Research Agency (ANR), Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (PCIN-2014-098), Romanian Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding (UEFISCDI) and Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF/Germany). Also to the CNR Short Term Mobility Program 2016 for funding a stay at IAS-CSIC during which M.Biddoccu contributed to this study and the SHui project funded by the European Commission (GA 773903), which supported the final steps of the analysis presented in this manuscript.", "keywords": ["[SDE] Environmental Sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "Soil management", "550", "Vineyard", " Erosion", " Soil management", " RUSLE", " Europe", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)", "Vineyard", "630", "Europe", "Erosion", "13. Climate action", "[SDE]Environmental Sciences", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "RUSLE", "TA1-2040"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://iris.cnr.it/bitstream/20.500.14243/510459/1/Biddoccu_et_al_2020_Soil%20erosion%20vineyard%20Europe%20RUSLE.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iswcr.2020.07.003"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/International%20Soil%20and%20Water%20Conservation%20Research", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.iswcr.2020.07.003", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.iswcr.2020.07.003", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.iswcr.2020.07.003"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2020-12-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.iswcr.2020.01.001", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:16:38Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2020-01-09", "title": "SHui, an EU-Chinese cooperative project to optimize soil and water management in agricultural areas in the XXI century", "description": "This article outlines the major scientific objectives of the SHui project that seeks to optimize soil and water use in agricultural systems in the EU and China, by considering major current scientific challenges in this area. SHui (for Soil Hydrology research platform underpinning innovation to manage water scarcity in European and Chinese cropping systems) is large cooperative project that aims to provide significant advances through transdisciplinary research at multiple scales (plot, field, catchment and region). This paper explains our research platform of long-term experiments established at plot scale, approaches taken to integrate crop and hydrological models at field scale; coupled crop models and satellite-based observations at regional scales; decision support systems for specific farming situations; and the integration of these technologies to provide policy recommendations through socio-economic analysis of the impact of soil and water saving technologies. It also outlines the training of stakeholders to develop a basic common curriculum despite the subject being distributed across different disciplines and professions. As such, this article provides a review of major challenges for improving soil and water use in EU and China as well as information about the potential to access information made available by SHui, and to allow others to engage with the project. This work has been supported by Project SHui which is co-funded by the European Union Project GA 773903 and the Chinese MOST. This work has been supported by P12-AGR-0931 (Andalusian Government), RTA2014-00063- C04-03 (Spanish government), SHui (European Commission Grant Agreement number: 773903) and EU\u2012FEDER funds Peer reviewed", "keywords": ["Yield", "550", "EROSION", "FLOW", "Cropping", "SIMULATE YIELD RESPONSE", "Soil Science", "Environmental Sciences & Ecology", "RICE YIELDS", "01 natural sciences", "630", "12. Responsible consumption", "4104 Environmental management", "4105 Pollution and contamination", "DRYING IRRIGATION", "11. Sustainability", "FAO CROP MODEL", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "Science & Technology", "1. No poverty", "Agriculture", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)", "6. Clean water", "4106 Soil sciences", "Cooperation", "Sustainability", "13. Climate action", "Physical Sciences", "Water Resources", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "TA1-2040", "Life Sciences & Biomedicine", "Environmental Sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iswcr.2020.01.001"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/International%20Soil%20and%20Water%20Conservation%20Research", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.iswcr.2020.01.001", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.iswcr.2020.01.001", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.iswcr.2020.01.001"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2020-03-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.01.182", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:16:56Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2016-02-15", "title": "Effects Of Soil Management Techniques On Soil Water Erosion In Apricot Orchards", "description": "Soil erosion is extreme in Mediterranean orchards due to management impact, high rainfall intensities, steep slopes and erodible parent material. Vall d'Albaida is a traditional fruit production area which, due to the Mediterranean climate and marly soils, produces sweet fruits. However, these highly productive soils are left bare under the prevailing land management and marly soils are vulnerable to soil water erosion when left bare. In this paper we study the impact of different agricultural land management strategies on soil properties (bulk density, soil organic matter, soil moisture), soil water erosion and runoff, by means of simulated rainfall experiments and soil analyses. Three representative land managements (tillage/herbicide/covered with vegetation) were selected, where 20 paired plots (60 plots) were established to determine soil losses and runoff. The simulated rainfall was carried out at 55mmh(-1) in the summer of 2013 (<8% soil moisture) for one hour on 0.25m(2) circular plots. The results showed that vegetation cover, soil moisture and organic matter were significantly higher in covered plots than in tilled and herbicide treated plots. However, runoff coefficient, total runoff, sediment yield and soil erosion were significantly higher in herbicide treated plots compared to the others. Runoff sediment concentration was significantly higher in tilled plots. The lowest values were identified in covered plots. Overall, tillage, but especially herbicide treatment, decreased vegetation cover, soil moisture, soil organic matter, and increased bulk density, runoff coefficient, total runoff, sediment yield and soil erosion. Soil erosion was extremely high in herbicide plots with 0.91Mgha(-1)h(-1) of soil lost; in the tilled fields erosion rates were lower with 0.51Mgha(-1)h(-1). Covered soil showed an erosion rate of 0.02Mgha(-1)h(-1). These results showed that agricultural management influenced water and sediment dynamics and that tillage and herbicide treatment should be avoided.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Agriculture land management", "Rainfall simulation", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Hydrology", "Mediterranean", "Soil water erosion", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.01.182"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Science%20of%20The%20Total%20Environment", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.01.182", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.01.182", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.01.182"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2016-05-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148466", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:16:59Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2021-06-12", "title": "Soil erosion assessment in the Blue Nile Basin driven by a novel RUSLE-GEE framework", "description": "Assessment of soil loss and understanding its major drivers are essential to implement targeted management interventions. We have proposed and developed a Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation framework fully implemented in the Google Earth Engine cloud platform (RUSLE-GEE) for high spatial resolution (90 m) soil erosion assessment. Using RUSLE-GEE, we analyzed the soil loss rate for different erosion levels, land cover types, and slopes in the Blue Nile Basin. The results showed that the mean soil loss rate is 39.73, 57.98, and 6.40 t ha<sup>\u22121</sup> yr<sup>\u22121</sup> for the entire Blue Nile, Upper Blue Nile, and Lower Blue Nile Basins, respectively. Our results also indicated that soil protection measures should be implemented in approximately 27% of the Blue Nile Basin, as these areas face a moderate to high risk of erosion (&gt;10 t ha<sup>\u22121</sup> yr<sup>\u22121</sup> ). In addition, downscaling the Tropical RainfallMeasuring Mission (TRMM) precipitation data from 25 km to 1 km spatial resolution significantly impacts rainfall erosivity and soil loss rate. In terms of soil erosion assessment, the study showed the rapid characterization of soil loss rates that could be used to prioritize erosion mitigation plans to support sustainable land resources and tackle land degradation in the Blue Nile Basin.", "keywords": ["Conservation of Natural Resources", "Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation", "0207 environmental engineering", "TRMM spatial downscaling", "02 engineering and technology", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water", "Soil", "13. Climate action", "Soil loss severity analysis", "Geographic Information Systems", "Cloud computing", "Google Earth Engine", "Environmental Monitoring", "Soil Erosion"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148466"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Science%20of%20The%20Total%20Environment", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148466", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148466", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148466"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2021-11-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.still.2008.10.005", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:17:21Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2008-12-17", "title": "Assessment Of Tillage Erosion Rates On Steep Slopes In Northern Laos", "description": "Abstract   In the hills of south-east Asia shifting cultivation is developing towards more permanent cropping systems. In association with short fallow periods, fields suffer from weed pressure and this, in turn, leads to more frequent and deeper manual tillage. Due to steep slopes these operations induce tillage erosion. Measurements of such soil losses under on-farm conditions are still scarce. In this study tillage erosion was assessed and a predictive model of tillage erosion was established based on slope angle and contact cover, i.e. basal crop area and weed cover. The experiments were conducted in the Houay Pano, Northern Laos. The farmers cultivate annual crops in rotation with 1\u20133 year fallow periods without external inputs and using only hand tools. Tillage erosion was assessed using the tracer method across nine slope classes (0.30\u20131.10\u00a0m\u00a0m \u22121 ) for two crops, upland rice and Job's tears ( Coix lacryma-jobi  L.). Soil movement due to land preparation and weeding were assessed separately because different tools are used, a medium size hoe and a small curved hoe. A multivariate regression showed a highly significant relation ( R  2 \u00a0=\u00a00.83) between soil losses due to land preparation, slope gradient and contact cover. Predicting models of soil losses due to weeding were also highly significant ( R  2 \u00a0=\u00a00.79 for upland rice,  R  2 \u00a0=\u00a00.88 for Job's tears), confirming the importance of tillage erosion on steep slopes (4, 6 and 11\u00a0t\u00a0ha \u22121 \u00a0year \u22121  on slopes with gradients of 0.30, 0.60 and 0.90\u00a0m\u00a0m \u22121 , respectively). Tillage erosion has increased exponentially over the last 40 years because of weed invasion associated with short fallow periods; the initially no-till system has changed into a system heavily dependent on tillage to control weeds and this greatly contributes to soil degradation.", "keywords": ["subsistence farming", "2. Zero hunger", "weed control", "Upland rice", "sloping land", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "[SDV.SA.SDS]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Soil study", "15. 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The study was performed under three different land use scenarios: (1) forest; (2) abandoned agricultural field; and (3) non-irrigated olive grove. Experimental erosion plots (in olive grove and forest) and sediment traps (in the abandoned area) were used to determine the carbon pools associated with sediments and runoff after each event occurring between September 2005 and November 2006. Change in land use from forest to cultivated enhanced the risk of erosion (total soil loss in olive cropland seven-fold higher than in the forest area) and reduced the soil carbon stock (in the top 5 cm) by about 50%. Mineral-associated organic carbon (MOC) represented the main C pool in the three study areas although its contribution to soil organic carbon (SOC) was significantly higher in the disturbed areas (78.91 \u00b1 1.81% and 77.29 \u00b1 1.21% for abandoned and olive area, respectively) than in the forest area (66.05 \u00b1 3.11%). In both, the olive and abandoned soils, the reduction in particulate organic carbon (POC) was proportionally greater than the decline in MOC. The higher degree of sediment production in the olive cropland had an important consequence in terms of the carbon losses induced by erosion compared to the abandoned and forest plots. Thus, the total OC lost by erosion in the sediments was around three times higher in the cultivated (5.12 g C m\u22122) than the forest plot (1.77 g C m\u22122). The abandoned area displayed similar OC losses as a result of erosion as the forest plot (in the measurement period: 2.07 g C m\u22122, 0.63 g C m\u22122 and 0.65 g C m\u22122 for olive, forest and abandoned area, respectively). MOC represented the highest percentage of contribution to total sediment OC for all the events analysed and in all uses being, in general these values higher in Olive (74\u201390%) than in the other two areas (55\u201380%). The organic carbon lost was basically linked to the solid phase in the three land uses, although the contribution of DOC to total carbon loss by erosion varied widely with each event. Data from this study show that the more labile OC fraction (POC) lost in soil in the cultivated area was mainly due to the effect of cultivation (low overall biomass production and residue return together with high C mineralization) rather than to water erosion, given that the major part of the OC lost in sediments was in the form of MOC.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Erosion", "Soil organic carbon", "13. Climate action", "Semi-arid areas", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Particulate organic carbon", "Eroded organic carbon"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2008.01.009"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Soil%20and%20Tillage%20Research", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.still.2008.01.009", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.still.2008.01.009", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.still.2008.01.009"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2008-04-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.still.2008.09.007", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:17:21Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2008-11-13", "title": "Effect Of Soil Structure Disturbance On Erosion And Phosphorus Losses From Finnish Clay Soil", "description": "Abstract   No-till (NT) has proved to be an effective method to reduce erosion and losses of particulate phosphorus (PP) from fields to watercourses. However, the accumulation of P in the uppermost soil layer and the increased leaching risk of dissolved reactive phosphorus (DRP) in surface runoff reduce the environmental benefits of NT. The objective of this study was to determine whether the concentration of DRP in percolates could be decreased by mixing surface soil (0\u20135\u00a0cm) and deeper soil layers (5\u201320\u00a0cm) and how this affects erosion. We also tested the impact of high ionic strength on erosion from undisturbed and disturbed soil columns.  Soil samples were collected from conventionally tilled (CT) and non-tilled (for 5 years) plots from a clay field (Vertic Cambisol) at 0\u20132.5, 2.5\u201310 and 10\u201320\u00a0cm depths. Moreover, undisturbed and disturbed soil columns representing the same plots were saturated with water in the laboratory and allowed to drain. The physico-chemical properties of the percolates were analysed to unravel the impact of cultivation methods and disruption of the aggregate structure. To see the effect of high ionic strength on detachment of soil particles, the soil columns were leached with ammonium acetate solution.  The low pH of NT surface soil had enhanced the sorption of P and easily-soluble P had accumulated in the uppermost soil layer. Surprisingly, this enrichment did not increase the DRP concentration in the percolates when water percolated through the 0\u20135 or 0\u201320\u00a0cm soil layers. Disruption of the aggregate structure increased the turbidity and concentrations of suspended solids and PP in the percolates. In the NT samples, this action increased the concentration of DRP relatively more than in the CT samples. When the disturbed soil columns were leached with a solution of high ionic strength, the turbidity of the eluates was almost as low as before the breakage.  To prevent erosion and the leaching of PP and DRP, we have to ensure an even water infiltration by improving the soil structure and by avoiding the disruption of stabilized aggregates. Ploughing the surface layer of NT soil can be recommended only if erosion from the field can be kept under control.", "keywords": ["suorakylv\u00f6", "eroosio", "erosion potential", "no-tillage", "undisturbed soil colums", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "erosion", "6. Clean water", "ploughing", "kynt\u00f6", "maan rakenne", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Ka", "phosphorus", "soil structure", "fosfori"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2008.09.007"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Soil%20and%20Tillage%20Research", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.still.2008.09.007", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.still.2008.09.007", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.still.2008.09.007"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2009-04-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.still.2021.105119", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:17:28Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2021-06-30", "title": "The role of cover crops in the loss of protected and non-protected soil organic carbon fractions due to water erosion in a Mediterranean olive grove", "description": "Soil erosion plays an important role in C cycling at farm scale, especially in bare soil areas. In Mediterranean woody crops, temporary cover crops (CC) effectively reduce soil erosion and increase total and protected soil organic carbon (SOC) fractions. However, the effects of CC in olive groves on the preferential loss of organic carbon (Corg) fractions remains poorly understood. To address this issue, in four plots with seeded CC and two tilled plots (CT) in a Spanish olive grove, the unprotected and protected Corg fractions were measured in soil and sediments over the course of a hydrological year. The sediment/soil C enrichment ratios (ERSOC) were calculated, and results analysed considering the rainfall regimes of the site: dry (DS), heavy-rainy (HRS) and rainy (RS). Total, unprotected and protected Corg contents in the top 5 cm soil of CC plots were 46 %, 88.4 % and 28.5 %, respectively, higher than those of CT. 79.7 % and 70.3 % of the annual sediment yield (SY) was collected during December in CC and CT plots, respectively. Soil loss in CC plots ( = 9.2 Mg ha\u20131 yr\u20131) was significantly lower (\u221255.6 %) than that in CT plots. Despite that the average eroded Corg was higher in the CT ( = 222 kg C ha\u20131 yr\u20131) compared to CC ( = 148 kg C ha\u20131 yr\u20131) plots differences were not significant due to the higher Corg concentration in the sediment from CC plots. The highest proportion of eroded Corg (44%\u201345%) corresponded to the physically protected fraction. The highest ERSOC (1.99 and 2.04 for CC and CT, respectively) was recorded in DS whereas the lowest was in the RS (0.90) and HRS (0.96) seasons. The mean ERSOC were of 1.00 and 0.92 in the CC and CT plots, with no significant difference. The fact that most of the SY was recorded in one month, when CC plants were not fully developed, might explain the ERSOC at 1, and why their presence did not modify it. This study demonstrates that CC favours greater total, unprotected and protected Corg fractions in the topsoil, promoting soil C sequestration. The asynchrony between the periods of full development of the CC plants and those with the highest rainfall erosivity prevented any selectiveness of the eroded Corg. Thus, fast-growing CC plant species with short life-cycles are recommended, as well as adequate management to promote self-seeding avoiding soil disturbance for seeding in erosion prone seasons. This research has been supported by the Spanish Government (grants no. AGL2015-40128-C03-01 and PID2019-105793RB-I00), FEDER funds and the European Commission (SHui, grant no. 773903) and the H2020 PRIMA project SUSTAINOLIVE (grant no. 1811).", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "55 Geolog\u00eda y ciencias afines", "550", "63 Agricultura.", "63 Agricultura", "Olive groves", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "55 Geolog\u00eda y ciencias afines.", "630", "Spontaneous temporary cover crops", "Soil erosion", "Olive grove", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "SOC", "Carbon enrichment ratio"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2021.105119"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Soil%20and%20Tillage%20Research", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.still.2021.105119", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.still.2021.105119", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.still.2021.105119"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2021-09-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.still.2021.105043", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:17:28Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2021-05-11", "title": "Response of boreal clay soil properties and erosion to ten years of no-till management", "description": "Abstract   We compared soil physical, chemical and biological properties, erosion rate and carbon allocation to soil physical fractions between conventional tillage (CT) and no-till (NT) management at a clay soil site under spring cereal monoculture in southwestern Finland. Subsurface drain discharge, surface runoff and soil erosion were continuously monitored in 2008 \u2212 2018. At the end of the 10-year monitoring period in 2018, various soil properties and earthworm total density, mass and species richness were determined. Total soil erosion was 56 % less in NT than in CT although surface water discharge was higher in NT. NT had a clear effect on the topsoil physical structure by decreasing the pore size and increasing soil aggregate size. The total soil carbon stock in the 700 kg m\u22122 mineral topsoil layer (approx. 0\u221260 cm layer) was slightly lower in NT (108 \u00b1 12 Mg C ha-1) than in CT (118 \u00b1 9.0 Mg C ha-1) due to lower carbon content of the 10\u221230 cm layer in NT. In NT the proportion of large macroaggregates was higher and more organic carbon was bound to large macroaggregates in the 0\u221210 cm layer which may be related to the higher abundance of earthworms in NT. The results showed that NT is an effective method to reduce erosion rates but other means to increase carbon input especially below the topsoil layer are likely required to achieve a significant increase in the carbon stock of boreal clay soils. For both tillage managements, the rate of erosion through subsurface drains depended clearly on annual precipitation and winter temperature, posing a challenge in the future climate with mild winters and more extreme discharges.", "keywords": ["No-tillage", " soil aggregate", " soil erosion", " water discharge", " earthworm", " soil carbon", "2. Zero hunger", "550", "ta1172", "No-tillage", "Soil aggregate", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Soil carbon", "630", "6. Clean water", "Water discharge", "13. Climate action", "Earthworm", "Soil erosion", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2021.105043"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Soil%20and%20Tillage%20Research", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.still.2021.105043", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.still.2021.105043", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.still.2021.105043"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2021-08-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1029/2021jf006064", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:17:50Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2021-06-09", "title": "Controls on Physical and Chemical Denudation in a Mixed Carbonate\u2010Siliciclastic Orogen", "description": "Abstract<p>Mixed siliciclastic\uffe2\uff80\uff90carbonate active orogens are common on Earth's surface, yet most studies have focused on erosion and weathering in silicate\uffe2\uff80\uff90rich landscapes. Relative to purely siliciclastic landscapes, the response of erosion and weathering to uplift may differ in mixed\uffe2\uff80\uff90lithology regions. However, our knowledge of weathering and erosion in mixed carbonate\uffe2\uff80\uff90silicate lithologies is limited and, thus, so is our understanding of the mechanistic coupling between uplift, weathering, and the carbon cycle. Here, we partition denudation fluxes into erosion and weathering fluxes of carbonates and silicates in the Northern Apennines\uffe2\uff80\uff94a mixed carbonate\uffe2\uff80\uff90siliciclastic active orogen\uffe2\uff80\uff94using dissolved solutes, the carbonate sand fraction, and existing 10Be denudation rates. Erosion generally dominates total denudation fluxes relative to weathering by an order of magnitude. Carbonate and silicate contributions to erosion vary between lithologic units, but weathering fluxes are systematically dominated by carbonates. Silicate weathering may be kinetically limited, whereas carbonate weathering may be limited by acid supply. Carbonate re\uffe2\uff80\uff90precipitation estimated by comparing ion ratios (Sr, Ca, Na) from rivers and bedrock suggests that up to 90% of dissolved Ca2+ is lost from carbonate\uffe2\uff80\uff90rich catchments. Corresponding [Ca2+] estimates for the weathering zone are high, likely driven by high soil CO2 partial pressures (pCO2); however, re\uffe2\uff80\uff90equilibration with atmospheric pCO2 in rivers converts solutes back into grains that become part of the physical denudation flux. Weathering limits in this landscape therefore differ between the subsurface weathering zone and riverine exports, and our findings suggest that carbon cycle models may overestimate the sensitivity to erosion of solute exports (Ca2+ and HCO3\uffe2\uff88\uff92) derived from carbonate weathering.</p>", "keywords": ["mountain landscapes", "550", "Italy", "13. Climate action", "chemical Weathering; Italy; erosion; mountain landscapes; carbonate precipitation; lithology", "15. Life on land", "chemical Weathering", "erosion", "carbonate precipitation", "lithology", "01 natural sciences", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1029/2021JF006064"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1029/2021jf006064"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Journal%20of%20Geophysical%20Research%3A%20Earth%20Surface", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1029/2021jf006064", "name": "item", "description": "10.1029/2021jf006064", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1029/2021jf006064"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2021-01-15T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/j.1445-6664.2006.00238.x", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:19:15Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2007-03-02", "title": "Impacts Of Tillage And Application Methods On Atrazine And Alachlor Losses From Upland Fields", "description": "<p>The effects of tillage practises and the methods of chemical application on atrazine and alachlor losses through run\uffe2\uff80\uff90off were evaluated for five treatments: conservation (untilled) and surface (US), disk and surface, plow and surface, disk and preplant\uffe2\uff80\uff90incorporated, and plow and preplant\uffe2\uff80\uff90incorporated treatments. A rainfall simulator was used to create 63.5\uffe2\uff80\uff83mm\uffe2\uff80\uff83h\uffe2\uff88\uff921 of rainfall for 60\uffe2\uff80\uff83min and 127\uffe2\uff80\uff83mm\uffe2\uff80\uff83h\uffe2\uff88\uff921 for 15\uffe2\uff80\uff83min. Rainfall simulation occurred 24\uffe2\uff80\uff9336\uffe2\uff80\uff83h after chemical application. There was no significant difference in the run\uffe2\uff80\uff90off volume among the treatments but the untilled treatment significantly reduced erosion loss. The untilled treatments had the highest herbicide concentration and the disk treatments were higher than the plow treatments. The surface treatments showed a higher concentration than the incorporated treatments. The concentration of herbicides in the water decreased with time. Among the experimental sites, the one with sandy loam soil produced the greatest losses, both in terms of the run\uffe2\uff80\uff90off volume and herbicide loss. The US treatments had the highest loss and the herbicide incorporation treatments had smaller losses through run\uffe2\uff80\uff90off as the residue cover was effective in preventing herbicide losses. Incorporation might be a favorable method of herbicide application to reduce the herbicide losses by run\uffe2\uff80\uff90off.</p>", "keywords": ["Runoff losses", "run-off", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "erosion", "01 natural sciences", "630", "6. Clean water", "Residue", "herbicide", "Erosion", "residue", "Run-off", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "1102 Agronomy and Crop Science", "Herbicide", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-6664.2006.00238.x"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Weed%20Biology%20and%20Management", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/j.1445-6664.2006.00238.x", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/j.1445-6664.2006.00238.x", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/j.1445-6664.2006.00238.x"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2007-03-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/j.1475-2743.2002.tb00049.x", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:19:17Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2010-08-03", "title": "Overgrazing Effects On Vegetation Cover And Properties Of Volcanic Ash Soil In The P\u00e1ramo Of Llangahua And La Esperanza (Tungurahua, Ecuador)", "description": "<p>Abstract.  The p\uffc3\uffa1ramo is a high\uffe2\uff80\uff90altitude ecosystem of the northern Andes. The vegetation is continuous, with grasses as the dominant groundcover. Because of their high water retention, p\uffc3\uffa1ramos play a fundamental role in water availability for all the population of the inter\uffe2\uff80\uff90Andean valleys. There are many studies of this specific ecosystem, but very few are focussed on overgrazing and its effect on vegetation and soil properties. Intensive grazing started less than 20 years ago and was studied in a representative area in the western Cordillera of central Ecuador covered by recent volcanic ash deposits. Intensive sheep grazing has led to a strong decline in the number of plant species, the replacement of the tussock grass vegetation by a short carpet grass vegetation, and an increase of bare land. In that area, the upper 50 cm of Andisols are deeply affected by a convergent decrease of Al and Fe oxalate and pyrophosphate in soil extracts, carbon contents decrease from 100 g kg\uffe2\uff80\uff931 to less than 50 g kg\uffe2\uff80\uff931 in the humid zone, from 70 to 40 g kg\uffe2\uff80\uff931 in the dry zone and a reduction of water\uffe2\uff80\uff90retention capacity at \uffe2\uff88\uff9233 kPa matrix potential from 800 g kg\uffe2\uff80\uff931 to 200 g kg\uffe2\uff80\uff931 in humid zones, from 350 to less than 100 g kg\uffe2\uff80\uff931 in drier areas. They showed also a decrease in the macrostructure and the development of a highly water repellent microstructure. All these important transformations favour the development of aeolian erosion in dry areas, runoff on bare surfaces, and gully erosion on slopes. The role of the p\uffc3\uffa1ramo in water\uffe2\uff80\uff90regulation of this ecosystem seems to have been adversely affected for the future.</p>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "550", "COUVERT VEGETAL", "SOL", "EROSION", "HUMIDITE DU SOL", "PATURAGE", "CENDRE VOLCANIQUE", "DIVERSITE SPECIFIQUE", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "CARBONE", "STRUCTURE DU SOL", "CAPACITE D'ECHANGE CATIONIQUE", "SUREXPLOITATION", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "DEGRADATION DU SOL", "IMPACT SUR L'ENVIRONNEMENT"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-2743.2002.tb00049.x"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Soil%20Use%20and%20Management", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/j.1475-2743.2002.tb00049.x", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/j.1475-2743.2002.tb00049.x", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/j.1475-2743.2002.tb00049.x"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2002-03-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/j.1475-2743.2003.tb00305.x", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:19:17Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2003-10-02", "title": "The Effect Of Hedgerows On Soil Organic Carbon Storage In Hillslopes", "description": "<p>Abstract.  The Bocage in the western part of Europe is an ancient rural landscape characterized by a network of hedgerows. The system studied here consists of hedges growing on earth and stone banks, which are found in the Armorican Massif (western France). Seven sites were analysed, which represented a large, but not complete, set of situations. We investigated the influence of hedges parallel to contour lines on soil characteristics, soil profile morphology and carbon storage at the hillslope scale. The analysis is based on a morphological description of the soil catena from the top of the hill to downslope of the hedge, and on measurements of bulk density and organic carbon in different soil profiles on the slopes. The results show that thickness of the organic horizon increases slowly from the top of the hill as far as the hedge, whereas under the hedge the bulk density is low and the soil organic carbon (SOC) storage large. Two effects of the hedges on SOC storage are apparent, namely, a local effect under the hedge, due to tree activity, and an anti\uffe2\uff80\uff90erosive effect at the hillslope scale. A rough approximation based on these data assessed the fraction of SOC storage attributed to the hedge network of between 13 and 38% of the total carbon stock.</p>", "keywords": ["statistical method", "organic carbon", "massif armoricain", "stockage", "\u00e9rosion", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "[SDV.SA.SDS]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Soil study", "hedge", "densit\u00e9 en place", "15. Life on land", "TENEUR EN CARBONE DU SOL", "bocage", "horizon", "storage", "carbone organique", "soil organic matter", "armorican massif", "m\u00e9thode statistique", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "haie", "[SDV.SA.SDS] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Soil study", "mati\u00e8re organique du sol"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-2743.2003.tb00305.x"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Soil%20Use%20and%20Management", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1111/j.1475-2743.2003.tb00305.x", "name": "item", "description": "10.1111/j.1475-2743.2003.tb00305.x", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1111/j.1475-2743.2003.tb00305.x"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2003-09-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/j.1477-8947.2011.01438.x", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:19:19Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2012-03-01", "title": "Challenging Established Narratives On Soil Erosion And Shifting Cultivation In Laos", "description": "Abstract<p>The official environmental discourse in Laos describes a \uffe2\uff80\uff9cchain of degradation\uffe2\uff80\uff9d stretching from upland shifting cultivation, increased runoff and soil erosion to the siltation of wetlands and reservoirs. This perspective has had wide\uffe2\uff80\uff90ranging impacts on rural development policy which, in the uplands, has long favoured forest conservation over agriculture. Integrating soil erosion and water sediment data with local perceptions of land degradation in an upland village of northern Laos, this study tests the validity of the official environmental discourse. Biophysical measurements made in a small agricultural catchment indicate a significant correlation between the spatial extent of cultivation and soil erosion rates. However, sediment yields recorded at the outlet of the catchment highlight relatively low levels of off\uffe2\uff80\uff90site sediment exportation. Furthermore, farmers' perceptions suggest that local land degradation issues and crop yield declines could be less related to soil erosion than to agricultural land shortage, increased weed competition, and fertility losses resulting from the intensification of shifting cultivation. The study concludes that a better understanding and management of land degradation issues can be achieved by developing more inclusive and scientifically\uffe2\uff80\uff90informed approaches to environmental perceptions and narratives.</p>", "keywords": ["http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_24420", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7170", "SOL CULTIVE", "F08 - Syst\u00e8mes et modes de culture", "culture itin\u00e9rante", "\u00e9rosion", "SEDIMENT", "POLITIQUE AGRICOLE", "SYSTEME DE REPRESENTATIONS", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_12076", "conservation des for\u00eats", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3062", "for\u00eat", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1374158672853", "DEGRADATION DU SOL", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7165", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2651", "intensification", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_34823", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7168", "2. 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A number of soil properties, such as soil organic matter (SOM), soil structure, particle size, permeability, and Calcium Carbonate equivalent (CaCO3), can be the key properties for the evaluation of soil erosion. In this work, several innovative methods (satellite remote sensing, field spectroscopy, soil chemical analysis, and GIS) were investigated for their potential in monitoring SOM, CaCO3, and soil erodibility (K-factor) of the Akrotiri cape in Crete, Greece. Laboratory analysis and soil spectral reflectance in the VIS-NIR (using either Landsat 8, Sentinel-2, or field spectroscopy data) range combined with machine learning and geostatistics permitted the spatial mapping of SOM, CaCO3, and K-factor. Synergistic use of geospatial modeling based on the aforementioned soil properties and the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) erosion assessment model enabled the estimation of soil loss risk. Finally, ordinary least square regression (OLSR) and geographical weighted regression (GWR) methodologies were employed in order to assess the potential contribution of different approaches in estimating soil erosion rates. The derived maps captured successfully the SOM, the CaCO3, and the K-factor spatial distribution in the GIS environment. The results may contribute to the design of erosion best management measures and wise land use planning in the study region.</p></article>", "keywords": ["Landsat 8", "2. Zero hunger", "soil erosion", "550", "Science", "Q", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Remote sensing", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "630", "field spectroscopy", "6. Clean water", "soil erosion; remote sensing; Sentinel-2; Landsat 8; ANN; RUSLE; field spectroscopy; OLSR; GWR", "remote sensing", "Field spectroscopy", "OLSR", "13. 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Part of this assessment comprises an investigation of relationships among palaeodemographic data, evidence for vegetation change and some consideration of rapid climate change events. The erosion data include recent or hitherto unpublished work from the authors. Where possible, we consider summed probabilities of 14C dates as well as the first published synthesis of all known optically stimulated luminescence dated sequences. The results suggest that while there were some periods when erosion took place contemporaneously across a number of regions, possibly induced by climate changes, more often than not, we see a complex and heterogeneous interplay of demographic and environmental changes that result in a mixed pattern of erosional activity across the Mediterranean. </p>", "keywords": ["[SDE] Environmental Sciences", "demography", "human impact", "550", "[SDU.STU.GM] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Geomorphology", "[SDU.STU.GP]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Geophysics [physics.geo-ph]", "[SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes", "[SDU.STU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences", "Mediterranean", "01 natural sciences", "[SDU] Sciences of the Universe [physics]", "[SDE.ES] Environmental Sciences/Environment and Society", "0601 history and archaeology", "[SDU.STU.GM]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Geomorphology", "[SDE.ES]Environmental Sciences/Environment and Society", "demography; erosion; geoarchaeology; Holocene; human impact; Mediterranean", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "Holocene", "06 humanities and the arts", "15. 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Zero hunger", "Stakeholders", "Erosion", "13. Climate action", "Olives", "RUSLE", "15. 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As a contribution to the H2020 collaborative project of the European Union, called Diverfarming, and part of the agroecological experiments during 2018 and 2019, grapevine biomass growth was monitored in connection with carbon storage types in soil and in the deposits removed by soil erosion. Phenometry was carried out interpreting segmented images to follow changes in biomass. It was found that crop growth could be best described by the Richards growth function. The distinction between grapevine and intercrop growth, however, requires further refinement in image analysis. In the laboratory TOC and Ntotal were measured for both the soil and the plant organs as well as for the eroded sediments. Greenhouse gas emissions and photosynthesis were monitored. Looking at the change of Leaf Area Index (LAI) over the growing period, image analysis pointed out the role of cut shoots from pruning in the C and N cycles. Maximum leaf area (at ripening) for guyot cultivation technique was extimated at 7,840 m2 ha-1. Soil loss by erosion was established by sediment traps at the end of vinestock rows. The grain size distribution analysis led to the remarkable result that as erosion proceeded, the ratio of the sand fraction increased but remained within the range for the textural class of loam. Organic matter contents grew to 38 g kg-1. The rate of soil erosion is higher in ploughed than in grassed interrows by orders of magnitude.</p>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Geography (General)", "soil erosion", "leaf area index", "biomass", "Leaf Area Index", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "C/N ratio", "carbon sequestration", "crop diversification", "image analysis", "13. 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Se trata de uno de los premios de investigaci\u00f3n de mayor relevancia en el sector en Espa\u00f1a, siendo tambi\u00e9n el de mayor dotaci\u00f3n econ\u00f3mica.-- Los autores agradecen a la organizaci\u00f3n de dicho premio la autorizaci\u00f3n para reproducir de manera \u00edntegra dicho trabajo en DIGITAL.CSIC, para facilitar su diseminaci\u00f3n.", "keywords": ["Erosi\u00f3n", "Control", "Restauraci\u00f3n", "Cultivo"], "contacts": [{"organization": "G\u00f3mez Calero, Jos\u00e9 Alfonso, Miranda, Pablo, Lora Gonz\u00e1lez, \u00c1ngel, Mora Jordano, Jos\u00e9,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.20350/digitalcsic/13684"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.20350/digitalcsic/13684", "name": "item", "description": "10.20350/digitalcsic/13684", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.20350/digitalcsic/13684"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2020-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.20350/digitalcsic/12513", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:20:21Z", "type": "Dataset", "title": "Basic data underlying research in manuscrip \"Variation of soil organic carbon, stable isotopes, and soil quality indicators across an erosion\u2013deposition catena in a historical Spanish olive orchard\"", "description": "Open AccessSpanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (grant no. AGL2015-40128-C03-01). European Commission (SHui,grant no. 773903).", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "organic carbon", "Soil erosion", "organic nitrogen", "Olive", "15. Life on land", "Organic carbon", "olive"], "contacts": [{"organization": "G\u00f3mez Calero, Jos\u00e9 Alfonso, Guzm\u00e1n, Gema, Toloza, Arsenio, Resch, Christian, Garc\u00eda- Ruiz, Roberto, Mabit, Lionel,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.20350/digitalcsic/12513"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.20350/digitalcsic/12513", "name": "item", "description": "10.20350/digitalcsic/12513", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.20350/digitalcsic/12513"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2020-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.20350/digitalcsic/13915", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:20:22Z", "type": "Dataset", "title": "SHui open data research platform", "description": "Open AccessFor each data-file, the author (institution) of the file is given as \u201coperator\u201d.-- At project end, June 30th, 2022.-- For each data-file, the author/data owner for citation is given as \u201coperator\u201d and \u201ccontact\u201d.-- Plot data as .csv; catchment data ad libitum.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Open-data platform", "Soil and water", "Water efficiency", "13. Climate action", "Erosion", "Agroecosystem", "Long-term agricultural experiments", "SHui", "15. 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Esta herramienta se ha desarrollado bajo los principios de la utilizaci\u00f3n de software libre (en concreto el sistema de informaci\u00f3n geogr\u00e1fica QGIS) y de informaci\u00f3n de uso abierto. En la guia adjunta se explica c\u00f3mo se ha obtenido dicho mapa para el control de la erosi\u00f3n en el territorio olivarero de la Denominaci\u00f3n de Origen de Estepa.", "keywords": ["Erosi\u00f3n", "Imagenes de sat\u00e9lite", "15. Life on land", "QGIS"], "contacts": [{"organization": "S\u00e1nchez Montero, Ana, G\u00f3mez Calero, Jos\u00e9 Alfonso, Guzm\u00e1n, Gema,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.20350/digitalcsic/13978"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.20350/digitalcsic/13978", "name": "item", "description": "10.20350/digitalcsic/13978", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.20350/digitalcsic/13978"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2020-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.20944/preprints202106.0434.v1", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:20:22Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2021-06-16", "title": "Going beyond Soil Conservation with the Use of Cover Crops in Mediterranean Sloping Olive Orchards", "description": "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><article><p>Among the agricultural practices promoted by the Common Agricultural Policy to increase soil functions, the use of cover crops is a recommended tool to improve the sustainability of Mediter-ranean woody crops such as olive orchards. However, there is a broad range of cover crop ty-pologies in relation to its implementation, control and species composition. In that sense, the in-fluence of different plant species on soil quality indicators in olive orchards remains unknown yet. This study describes the effects of four treatments based on the implementation of different ground covers (CC-NAT, CC-GRA and CC-MIX) and conventional tillage (TILL) on soil erosion, soil physicochemical and biological properties, and soil microbial communities after 8 years of cover crop establishment. Our results have demonstrated that the presence of a temporary cover crop (CC), compared to a soil under tillage (TILL), can reduce soil losses and maintain good soil physicochemical properties and modify greatly the structure and diversity of soil bacterial com-munities and its functioning. The presence of a homogeneous CC of gramineous (Lolium rigidum or Lolilum multiflorum) (CC-GR) for 8 years significantly increased the functional properties of the soil as compared to TILL; although the most significant change was a modification on the bacte-rial community composition that was clearly different from the rest of treatments. On the other hand, the use of a mixture of plant species (CC-MIX) as a CC for only two years although did not modify greatly the structure and diversity of soil bacterial communities compared to the TILL soil, induced significant changes on the functional properties of the soil, and reverted those properties to a level similar to that of an undisturbed soil that had maintained a natural cover of spontaneous vegetation for decades (CC-NAT).</p></article>", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "2. Zero hunger", "Microbial diversity", "soil erosion", "S", "Agriculture", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "metabolic activity", "15. Life on land", "Soil quality", "6. Clean water", "bacterial community composition", "03 medical and health sciences", "13. Climate action", "microbial diversity", "Bacterial community composition", "Metabolic activity", "11. Sustainability", "Soil erosion", "biochemistry", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "soil quality"]}, "links": [{"href": "http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/11/7/1387/pdf"}, {"href": "https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/11/7/1387/pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202106.0434.v1"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Agronomy", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.20944/preprints202106.0434.v1", "name": "item", "description": "10.20944/preprints202106.0434.v1", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.20944/preprints202106.0434.v1"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2021-06-16T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.20944/preprints202301.0161.v1", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:20:22Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2023-01-10", "title": "Using a Rainfall Simulator to Define the Effect of Soil Conservation Techniques on Soil Loss and Water Retention", "description": "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><article><p>In the Czech Republic, the Universal Soil Loss Equation provides the basis for defining the soil protection strategy. Field rainfall simulators were used to define the actual cover-management factor values of the most extensively seeded crops in the Czech Republic. More than 380 simulations between 2016 and 2021 provided data. The methodology focused on multi-seasonal measurements to cover the most important phenological phases. A comparison with the original USDA values for maize showed that it is desirable to redefine the C-factor. 71 fallow plot experiments showed that the rainfall-runoff relation is much easier to replicate than the actual sediment transport. For 30-minute intensive rainfall, the runoff ratio reached 62%, and the coefficient of variation was 25%. On saturated soil, the runoff ratio reached 81% and the coefficient of variation dropped to 12%. Soil protection techniques have a significant effect on runoff reduction. Maize seeded after cover crops and combined with reduced tillage or direct seeding can reduce the runoff ratio to 10-20% for &amp;lsquo;dry&amp;rsquo; conditions and to 12-40% for &amp;lsquo;saturated&amp;rsquo; conditions. Concerning soil loss, the variations are greater, with the coefficient of variation reaching 42% during fallow plot experiments. The reader should consider associated uncertainties.</p></article>", "keywords": ["environmental_sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "soil erosion", "S", "Cover crops", "Soil protection", "Rainfall simulator", "Soil loss ratio", "Agriculture", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "rainfall simulator", "C-factor", "6. Clean water", "soil protection", "Soil erosion", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "USLE", "soil loss ratio", "cover crops", "runoff coefficient", "Runoff coefficient"]}, "links": [{"href": "http://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/2/431/pdf"}, {"href": "https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/2/431/pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202301.0161.v1"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Land", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.20944/preprints202301.0161.v1", "name": "item", "description": "10.20944/preprints202301.0161.v1", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.20944/preprints202301.0161.v1"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2023-01-09T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.3390/w12061787", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:21:35Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2020-06-24", "title": "Can Lumped Characteristics of a Contributing Area Provide Risk Definition of Sediment Flux?", "description": "<p>Accelerated soil erosion by water has many offsite impacts on the municipal infrastructure. This paper discusses how to easily detect potential risk points around municipalities by simple spatial analysis using GIS. In the Czech Republic, the WaTEM/SEDEM model is verified and used in large scale studies to assess sediment transports. Instead of computing actual sediment transports in river systems, WaTEM/SEDEM has been innovatively used in high spatial detail to define indices of sediment flux from small contributing areas. Such an approach has allowed for the modeling of sediment fluxes in contributing areas with above 127,484 risk points, covering the entire Czech Republic territory. Risk points are defined as outlets of contributing areas larger than 1 ha, wherein the surface runoff goes into residential areas or vulnerable bodies of water. Sediment flux indices were calibrated by conducting terrain surveys in 4 large watersheds and splitting the risk points into 5 groups defined by the intensity of sediment transport threat. The best sediment flux index resulted from the correlation between the modeled total sediment input in a 100 m buffer zone of the risk point and the field survey data (R2 from 0.57 to 0.91 for the calibration watersheds). Correlation analysis and principal component analysis (PCA) of the modeled indices and their relation to 11 lumped characteristics of the contributing areas were computed (average K-factor; average R-factor; average slope; area of arable land; area of forest; area of grassland; total watershed area; average planar curvature; average profile curvature; specific width; stream power index). The comparison showed that for risk definition the most important is a combination of morphometric characteristics (specific width and stream power index), followed by watershed area, proportion of grassland, soil erodibility, and rain erosivity (described by PC2).</p>", "keywords": ["soil erosion", "PCA analysis", "residential areas", "RUSLE (Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation)", "watershed characteristics", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Residential areas", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water", "total soil loss", "13. Climate action", "11. Sustainability", "Soil erosion", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "sediment flux", "Sediment flux", "WaTEM/SEDEM", "Watershed characteristics", "Total soil loss", "Czech Republic"]}, "links": [{"href": "http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/12/6/1787/pdf"}, {"href": "https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/12/6/1787/pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.3390/w12061787"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Water", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.3390/w12061787", "name": "item", "description": "10.3390/w12061787", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.3390/w12061787"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2020-06-23T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.3390/w13162238", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:21:36Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2021-08-18", "title": "Multi-Step Calibration Approach for SWAT Model Using Soil Moisture and Crop Yields in a Small Agricultural Catchment", "description": "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><article><p>The quantitative prediction of hydrological components through hydrological models could serve as a basis for developing better land and water management policies. This study provides a comprehensive step by step modelling approach for a small agricultural watershed using the SWAT model. The watershed is situated in Petzenkirchen in the western part of Lower Austria and has total area of 66 hectares. At present, 87% of the catchment area is arable land, 5% is used as pasture, 6% is forested and 2% is paved. The calibration approach involves a sequential calibration of the model starting from surface runoff, and groundwater flow, followed by crop yields and then soil moisture, and finally total streamflow and sediment yields. Calibration and validation are carried out using the r-package SWATplusR. The impact of each calibration step on sediment yields and total streamflow is evaluated. The results of this approach are compared with those of the conventional model calibration approach, where all the parameters governing various hydrological processes are calibrated simultaneously. Results showed that the model was capable of successfully predicting surface runoff, groundwater flow, soil profile water content, total streamflow and sediment yields with Nash-Sutcliffe efficiency (NSE) of greater than 0.75. Crop yields were also well simulated with a percent bias (PBIAS) ranging from \u221217% to 14%. Surface runoff calibration had the highest impact on streamflow output, improving NSE from 0.39 to 0.77. The step-wise calibration approach performed better for streamflow prediction than the simultaneous calibration approach. The results of this study show that the step-wise calibration approach is more accurate, and provides a better representation of different hydrological components and processes than the simultaneous calibration approach.</p></article>", "keywords": ["Step-wise calibration", "2. Zero hunger", "step-wise calibration", "Crop yields", "soil erosion model", "Sequential calibration", "Sediment yield", "0207 environmental engineering", "HOAL", "crop yields", "Streamflow", "SWATplusR", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "02 engineering and technology", "15. Life on land", "sediment yield", "6. Clean water", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "SWAT", "Soil erosion model", "streamflow", "Soil moisture", "soil moisture", "sequential calibration"]}, "links": [{"href": "http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/13/16/2238/pdf"}, {"href": "https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/13/16/2238/pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.3390/w13162238"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Water", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.3390/w13162238", "name": "item", "description": "10.3390/w13162238", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.3390/w13162238"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2021-08-17T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.3389/fenvs.2022.764333", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:21:08Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2022-04-01", "title": "Keeping Up with Phosphorus Dynamics: Overdue Conceptual Changes in Vegetative Filter Strip Research and Management", "description": "<p>Vegetative filter strips (VFS) are best management practices with the primary aim of protecting surface waters from eutrophication resulting from excess nutrient inputs from agricultural sources. However, we argue that there is a substantial time and knowledge lag from the science underpinning VFS to policy and implementation. Focussing on phosphorus (P), we strive to introduce a holistic view on VFS that accounts for the whole functional soil volume, temporal and seasonal effects, the geospatial context, the climatic and physico-chemical basic conditions, and the intricate bio-geochemical processes that govern nutrient retention, transformation, and transport. Specifically, we suggest a step-wise approach to custom VFS designs that links and matches the incoming P from event to multi-annual timescales from the short- and mid-term processes of P retention in the effective soil volume and to the longer-term P retention and offtake coupled to the soil-vegetation system. An a priori assessment of the P export potential should be followed by bespoke VFS designs, in line with local conditions and socio-economic and ecological constraints. To cope with increasingly nutrient saturated or functionally insufficient VFS installed over the last decades, concepts and management strategies need to encompass the transition in understanding of VFS as simple nutrient containers to multifunctional buffer zones that have a complex inner life. We need to address these associated emerging challenges and integrate their implications more thoroughly into VFS research, monitoring, policy, and implementation than ever before. Only then we may get VFS that are effective, sustainable, and persistent.</p", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Functional soil volume", "791", "Runoff", "Concentrated flow", "Adaptive design", "Nutrient management", "Vegetated filter strips", "runoff", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "erosion", "riparian buffer strips (RBS)", "6. Clean water", "12. Responsible consumption", "Environmental sciences", "Riparian buffer strips (RBS)", "nutrient management", "Erosion", "13. Climate action", "11. Sustainability", "adaptive design", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "GE1-350", "functional soil volume"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2022.764333"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Frontiers%20in%20Environmental%20Science", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.3389/fenvs.2022.764333", "name": "item", "description": "10.3389/fenvs.2022.764333", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.3389/fenvs.2022.764333"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2022-04-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.3390/agronomy11040812", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:21:15Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2021-04-20", "title": "Soil Productivity Degradation in a Long-Term Eroded Olive Orchard under Semiarid Mediterranean Conditions", "description": "<p>Olive groves are one of the most important agro-systems in the Mediterranean basin, and the Andalusia region produces the highest quantity of olive oil in Europe. The aim of this work was to evaluate the long-term (15 years) influence of two management practices in olive orchards\uffe2\uff80\uff94conventional tillage (CT) and no tillage with bare soil and herbicide application (NT + H)\uffe2\uff80\uff94on soil physical properties, infiltration capacity, erosion rates, and soil productivity. In addition, the short-term (2 years) influence of no tillage with cover crop management (NT-CC) on these parameters was also assessed. In the study area, CT and NT + H management practices showed unsustainable erosion values, 9.82 and 13.88 Mg ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921 year\uffe2\uff88\uff921, respectively, while NT-CC inclusion decreased the erosion rates (2.06 Mg ha\uffe2\uff88\uff921 year\uffe2\uff88\uff921). The implementation of NT-CC not only reduced erosion rates but also caused a change in the trend of soil productivity loss observed under CT and NT + H. In this sense, NT-CC showed a positive influence on soil quality. However, tillage removal led to a significant reduction in the infiltration capacity of soils under NT + H and NT-CC, which will be a serious handicap for water storage in an environment with continuous processes of water deficit.</p>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "soil erosion", "S", "Cover crops", "olive orchards", "Agriculture", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Olive orchards", "6. Clean water", "Soil productivity", "13. Climate action", "Soil erosion", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Degraded soil", "degraded soil", "cover crops", "soil productivity"]}, "links": [{"href": "http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/11/4/812/pdf"}, {"href": "https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/11/4/812/pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11040812"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Agronomy", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.3390/agronomy11040812", "name": "item", "description": "10.3390/agronomy11040812", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.3390/agronomy11040812"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2021-04-20T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.3390/agronomy11071387", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:21:16Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2021-06-16", "title": "Going beyond Soil Conservation with the Use of Cover Crops in Mediterranean Sloping Olive Orchards", "description": "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><article><p>Among the agricultural practices promoted by the Common Agricultural Policy to increase soil functions, the use of cover crops is a recommended tool to improve the sustainability of Mediter-ranean woody crops such as olive orchards. However, there is a broad range of cover crop ty-pologies in relation to its implementation, control and species composition. In that sense, the in-fluence of different plant species on soil quality indicators in olive orchards remains unknown yet. This study describes the effects of four treatments based on the implementation of different ground covers (CC-NAT, CC-GRA and CC-MIX) and conventional tillage (TILL) on soil erosion, soil physicochemical and biological properties, and soil microbial communities after 8 years of cover crop establishment. Our results have demonstrated that the presence of a temporary cover crop (CC), compared to a soil under tillage (TILL), can reduce soil losses and maintain good soil physicochemical properties and modify greatly the structure and diversity of soil bacterial com-munities and its functioning. The presence of a homogeneous CC of gramineous (Lolium rigidum or Lolilum multiflorum) (CC-GR) for 8 years significantly increased the functional properties of the soil as compared to TILL; although the most significant change was a modification on the bacte-rial community composition that was clearly different from the rest of treatments. On the other hand, the use of a mixture of plant species (CC-MIX) as a CC for only two years although did not modify greatly the structure and diversity of soil bacterial communities compared to the TILL soil, induced significant changes on the functional properties of the soil, and reverted those properties to a level similar to that of an undisturbed soil that had maintained a natural cover of spontaneous vegetation for decades (CC-NAT).</p></article>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0301 basic medicine", "Microbial diversity", "soil erosion", "S", "Agriculture", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "metabolic activity", "15. Life on land", "Soil quality", "6. Clean water", "bacterial community composition", "03 medical and health sciences", "13. Climate action", "microbial diversity", "Bacterial community composition", "Metabolic activity", "11. Sustainability", "Soil erosion", "biochemistry", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "soil quality"]}, "links": [{"href": "http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/11/7/1387/pdf"}, {"href": "https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/11/7/1387/pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11071387"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Agronomy", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.3390/agronomy11071387", "name": "item", "description": "10.3390/agronomy11071387", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.3390/agronomy11071387"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2021-06-16T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.3390/ijerph19042372", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:21:22Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2022-02-21", "title": "How Socio-Economic Drivers Explain Landscape Soil Erosion Regulation Services in Polish Catchments", "description": "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><article><p>Most studies that address the relationship between socio-economic characteristics and soil erosion focus on the effects of soil erosion on socio-economic conditions at different levels, from global to smallholder. Few, if any, efforts are made to address the influence of socio-economic variables on the soil erosion rate as an indicator of landscape degradation. The present study was carried out using spatial data from 402 catchments that cover Poland, to find out how socio-economic variables, which include area-weighted average income per capita (PLN km\u22122), area-weighted average gross domestic product (PLN km\u22122), population density (person km\u22122), and human development index can drive the soil erosion rate (kg ha\u22121 yr\u22121), along with annual precipitation, soil and geomorphological variables that include soil organic carbon content, soil water content, clay ratio, stream gradient, and terrain slope. The results showed that the soil erosion rate is indirectly driven by the socio-economic variables in the study catchments, as it is alleviated by increasing population density, the area-weighted average gross domestic product, and the human development index. Furthermore, analyzing the incremental relationship between soil erosion rate and the area-weighted average of socio-economic variables revealed that no uniform change can be observed in the relationship between the area-weighted average socio-economic variables and soil erosion in the study catchments.</p></article>", "keywords": ["HDI", "2. Zero hunger", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "landscape; ecosystem services; soil erosion regulation; area-weighted average income per capita; area-weighted average GDP; HDI", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Area-weighted average income per capita", "01 natural sciences", "Article", "Carbon", "Area-weighted average GDP", "Soil erosion regulation", "Soil", "Socioeconomic Factors", "13. Climate action", "11. Sustainability", "Ecosystem services", "Humans", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Landscape", "Poland", "Environmental Monitoring", "Soil Erosion", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/4/2372/pdf"}, {"href": "https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/4/2372/pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19042372"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/International%20Journal%20of%20Environmental%20Research%20and%20Public%20Health", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.3390/ijerph19042372", "name": "item", "description": "10.3390/ijerph19042372", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.3390/ijerph19042372"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2022-02-18T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.3390/land10090964", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:21:23Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2021-09-12", "title": "The Impact of Soil-Improving Cropping Practices on Erosion Rates: A Stakeholder-Oriented Field Experiment Assessment", "description": "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><article><p>The risk of erosion is particularly high in Mediterranean areas, especially in areas that are subject to a not so effective agricultural management\u2013or with some omissions\u2013, land abandonment or wildfires. Soils on Crete are under imminent threat of desertification, characterized by loss of vegetation, water erosion, and subsequently, loss of soil. Several large-scale studies have estimated average soil erosion on the island between 6 and 8 Mg/ha/year, but more localized investigations assess soil losses one order of magnitude higher. An experiment initiated in 2017, under the framework of the SoilCare H2020 EU project, aimed to evaluate the effect of different management practices on the soil erosion. The experiment was set up in control versus treatment experimental design including different sets of treatments, targeting the most important cultivations on Crete (olive orchards, vineyards, fruit orchards). The minimum-to-no tillage practice was adopted as an erosion mitigation practice for the olive orchard study site, while for the vineyard site, the cover crop practice was used. For the fruit orchard field, the crop-type change procedure (orange to avocado) was used. The experiment demonstrated that soil-improving cropping techniques have an important impact on soil erosion, and as a result, on soil water conservation that is of primary importance, especially for the Mediterranean dry regions. The demonstration of the findings is of practical use to most stakeholders, especially those that live and work with the local land.</p></article>", "keywords": ["ISLAND", "Environmental Studies", "Environmental Sciences & Ecology", "VINEYARDS", "soil-improving crop systems", "COVER CROPS", "3301 Architecture", "PARAMETERS", "4104 Environmental management", "EQUATION", "RUNOFF", "0502 Environmental Science and Management", "sustainable land management", "2. Zero hunger", "Science & Technology", "soil erosion", "S", "3304 Urban and regional planning", "Agriculture", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "GIS", "6. Clean water", "sustainable agriculture", "13. 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