Comments on “Is soil erosion in olive groves as bad as often claimed?” by L. Fleskens and L. Stroosnijder

This is a short communcation, commenting on the Fleskens and Stroosnijder paper, documenting that data currently available confirm that hillslope erosion in most orchards, cultivated without cover crops or any other type of mulching, can be frequently above 10 t ha-1.year-1, and so with unsustainabl...

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Bibliographic Details
Authors: Gómez Calero, José Alfonso, Giráldez, Juan Vicente, Vanwalleghem, Tom
Format: article
Status:Versión aceptada para publicación
Publication Date:2008
Country:España
Institution:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repository:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/177282
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/177282
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Soil erosion
Mediterranean
Tillage
Olive
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Summary:This is a short communcation, commenting on the Fleskens and Stroosnijder paper, documenting that data currently available confirm that hillslope erosion in most orchards, cultivated without cover crops or any other type of mulching, can be frequently above 10 t ha-1.year-1, and so with unsustainable erosion rates,