While the world population continues to grow, increasing the need to produce more and
better-quality food, climate change, urban growth and unsustainable agricultural practices …

Agroecosystems are important for food production and conservation of biodiversity while
continuing to provide several ecosystem services within the landscape. Despite their …

Climate and land-use/cover changes (LUCC) influence soil erosion vulnerability in the semi-
arid region of Alqueva, threatening the reservoir storage capacity and sustainability of the …

Land-usechangehasoftenbeenoneofthemaindrive…, socialchangeand innovations of the
government. For this reason, as mentioned by Magalhães [1], the analysis and …

The soil exchange complex consists of colloidal materials on which ion exchange
phenomena occur allowing it to attract, retain, and exchange elements that have opposite …

The connection between man and the natural world is no more that of a harmonious accord,
but it is often a relation of contrast which has caused and which still causes two big problems …

Landscape is continuously changing [1, 2] as a result of complex and interacting natural
processes coupled with planned and unplanned actions by man [3]. This scenario of …

Soil erosion is one of the most dynamic environmental and economic threats in
Mediterranean regions. As a consequence of water availability in the surrounding area of …