Mulching practices for reducing soil water erosion: A review

M Prosdocimi, P Tarolli, A Cerdà - Earth-Science Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Among the soil conservation practices that are used, mulching has been successfully
applied to reduce soil and water losses in different contexts, such as agricultural lands, fire …

Soil water erosion on Mediterranean vineyards: A review

M Prosdocimi, A Cerdà, P Tarolli - Catena, 2016 - Elsevier
Soil water erosion on cultivated lands represents a severe threat to soil resources in the
world, and especially in Mediterranean areas, due to their topographic, edaphic and climatic …

Effects of soil management techniques on soil water erosion in apricot orchards

S Keesstra, P Pereira, A Novara, EC Brevik… - Science of the Total …, 2016 - Elsevier
Soil erosion is extreme in Mediterranean orchards due to management impact, high rainfall
intensities, steep slopes and erodible parent material. Vall d'Albaida is a traditional fruit …

The immediate effectiveness of barley straw mulch in reducing soil erodibility and surface runoff generation in Mediterranean vineyards

M Prosdocimi, A Jordán, P Tarolli, S Keesstra… - Science of the Total …, 2016 - Elsevier
Soil and water loss in agriculture is a major problem throughout the world, and especially in
Mediterranean areas. Non-conservation agricultural practices have further aggravated the …

Applications of LiDAR in agriculture and future research directions

S Debnath, M Paul, T Debnath - Journal of Imaging, 2023 - mdpi.com
Light detection and ranging (LiDAR) sensors have accrued an ever-increasing presence in
the agricultural sector due to their non-destructive mode of capturing data. LiDAR sensors …

Human topographic signatures and derived geomorphic processes across landscapes

P Tarolli, G Sofia - Geomorphology, 2016 - Elsevier
The Earth's surface morphology, in an abiotic context, is a consequence of major forcings
such as tectonic uplift, erosion, sediment transport, and climate. Recently, however, it has …

The geomorphology of the Anthropocene: emergence, status and implications

AG Brown, S Tooth, JE Bullard… - Earth surface …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The Anthropocene is proposed as a new interval of geological time in which human
influence on Earth and its geological record dominates over natural processes. A major …

[HTML][HTML] Agriculture in hilly and mountainous landscapes: threats, monitoring and sustainable management

P Tarolli, E Straffelini - Geography and sustainability, 2020 - Elsevier
Agricultural landscapes cultivated in hilly and mountainous areas, often with terracing
practice, could represent for some regions historical heritages and cultural ecosystem …

Use of barley straw residues to avoid high erosion and runoff rates on persimmon plantations in Eastern Spain under low frequency–high magnitude simulated rainfall …

A Cerdà, Ó González-Pelayo, A Giménez-Morera… - Soil …, 2016 - CSIRO Publishing
Soil and water losses due to agricultural mismanagement are high and non-sustainable in
many orchards. An experiment was set up with rainfall simulation at 78 mm h–1 over 1 hour …

Five decades of soil erosion research in “terroir”. The State-of-the-Art

J Rodrigo-Comino - Earth-Science Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Although soil erosion in vineyards is key to understanding the sustainability of agricultural
management, there is not a worldwide definitive state-of-the-art review. It is accepted that …