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Controlling Soil Erosion Using No-Till Farming Systems
Soil erosion is a natural phenomenon that has been thrown off balance by human activity and particularly by agriculture. It is associated with severe environmental impacts, high economic costs, reduced product...
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Reductions in water, soil and nutrient losses and pesticide pollution in agroforestry practices: a review of evidence and processes
Agroforestry systems combining trees with crops or pastures have been widely used to reduce water, soil, and nutrient losses and associated water pollution from agricultural lands in both temperate and tropica...
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Hydraulic Conductivity in a Soil Cultivated with Wheat-Rapeseed Rotation Under Two Tillage Systems
To evaluate the effect of tractor transits and tillage system operations on soil pore functioning in a Haploxeroll, soil physical properties were measured on a field located in central Chile. The study site wa...
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Open AccessWater’s path from moss to soil Vol. 2: how soil-moss combinations affect soil water fluxes and soil loss in a temperate forest
Mosses are key components of many ecosystems and particularly related to water cycling. In principle, the importance of mosses for water-related processes is known; however, their influence is rarely quantifie...