Measuring, modelling and managing gully erosion at large scales: A state of the art

M Vanmaercke, P Panagos, T Vanwalleghem… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Soil erosion is generally recognized as the dominant process of land degradation. The
formation and expansion of gullies is often a highly significant process of soil erosion …

The effects of land uses on soil erosion in Spain: A review

JM García-Ruiz - Catena, 2010 - Elsevier
Soil erosion is a key factor in Mediterranean environments, and is not only closely related to
geoecological factors (lithology, topography, and climatology) but also to land-use and plant …

Space–time process and drivers of land abandonment in Europe

T Lasanta, J Arnáez, N Pascual, P Ruiz-Flaño… - Catena, 2017 - Elsevier
Farmland abandonment in Europe is a major problem because of environmental,
socioeconomic and landscape implications. In this paper, a general view of the extent of …

Application of the topographic position index to heterogeneous landscapes

J De Reu, J Bourgeois, M Bats, A Zwertvaegher… - Geomorphology, 2013 - Elsevier
Topographic position index (TPI) is an algorithm increasingly used to measure topographic
slope positions and to automate landform classifications. We applied TPI to a …

A century of gully erosion research: Urgency, complexity and study approaches

C Castillo, JA Gómez - Earth-Science Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Gully erosion has become a field of growing interest among the research community but
there still are numerous knowledge gaps that need to be addressed. The aim of this work is …

Hydrological and erosive consequences of farmland abandonment in Europe, with special reference to the Mediterranean region–A review

JM García-Ruiz, N Lana-Renault - Agriculture, ecosystems & environment, 2011 - Elsevier
Farmland abandonment is a major problem in parts of Europe, particularly in mountain
areas and semiarid environments. In such places, farmland abandonment represents a …

Evaluation of different boosting ensemble machine learning models and novel deep learning and boosting framework for head-cut gully erosion susceptibility

W Chen, X Lei, R Chakrabortty, SC Pal… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The objective of this study is to assess the gully head-cut erosion susceptibility and identify
gully erosion prone areas in the Meimand watershed, Iran. In recent years, this study area …

Evaluation of different machine learning models for predicting and map** the susceptibility of gully erosion

O Rahmati, N Tahmasebipour, A Haghizadeh… - Geomorphology, 2017 - Elsevier
Gully erosion constitutes a serious problem for land degradation in a wide range of
environments. The main objective of this research was to compare the performance of seven …

Root tensile strength and root distribution of typical Mediterranean plant species and their contribution to soil shear strength

S De Baets, J Poesen, B Reubens, K Wemans… - Plant and soil, 2008 - Springer
In Mediterranean environments, gully erosion is responsible for large soil losses. It has since
long been recognized that slopes under vegetation are much more resistant to soil erosion …

Effects of farming terraces on hydrological and geomorphological processes. A review

J Arnáez, N Lana-Renault, T Lasanta, P Ruiz-Flaño… - Catena, 2015 - Elsevier
Agricultural terraces are common in mountain regions. They are built to provide a larger
surface area for cultivation on hillslopes and to aid farming production in the long term. This …