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Time Scale Effects and Interactions of Rainfall Erosivity and Cover Management Factors on Vineyard Soil Loss Erosion in the Semi-Arid Area of Southern Sicily

Mario MinacapilliAgata NovaraLuciano GristinaGiorgio Baiamonte

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Hydrologylcsh:TD201-500soil erosionlcsh:Hydraulic engineeringNDVIGeography Planning and DevelopmentClimate changeRUSLE modelAquatic ScienceBiochemistryVineyardNormalized Difference Vegetation IndexUniversal Soil Loss Equationlcsh:Water supply for domestic and industrial purposeslcsh:TC1-978rainfall erosivity factorErosioncover management factorEnvironmental scienceTemporal scalesSoil conservationCover cropWater Science and Technology

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Several authors describe the effectiveness of cover crop management practice as an important tool to prevent soil erosion, but at the same time, they stress on the high soil loss variability due to the interaction of several factors characterized by large uncertainty. In this paper the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) model is applied to two Sicilian vineyards that are characterized by different topographic factors

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2019-05-09Water
https://doi.org/10.3390/w11050978