USE OF A SHRUB (MEDICAGO-ARBOREA) TO CONTROL WATER EROSION ON STEEP SLOPES

Authors
ANDREU V RUBIO JL CERNI R
Citation
V. Andreu et al., USE OF A SHRUB (MEDICAGO-ARBOREA) TO CONTROL WATER EROSION ON STEEP SLOPES, Soil use and management, 10(3), 1994, pp. 95-99
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Agriculture Soil Science
Journal title
Soil use and management → ACNP
ISSN journal
02660032
Volume
10
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
95 - 99
Database
ISI
SICI code
0266-0032(1994)10:3<95:UOAS(T>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
The effect of Medicago arborea on erosion on a burnt area was studied in experimental plots near Valencia, Spain, between 1989 and 1992. Its growth and development was studied, and its effect was compared with the natural vegetation (matorral) and bare soil. Medicago decreased so il loss by 41.7% and runoff by 25.7% compared with bare soil. However, under natural vegetation soil loss was 27.5% less than under Medicago .