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...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Gómez Calero, José Alfonso, Giráldez, Juan Vicente, Vanwalleghem, Tom
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2008
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/177282
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/177282
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Soil erosion
Mediterranean
Tillage
Olive
Descripción
Sumario: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,