Simulation of medium-term soil redistributions for different land use and landscape design scenarios within a vineyard landscape in Mediterranean France

David, Mélodie; Follain, Stéphane; Ciampalini, Rossano; Bissonnais, Yves Le; Couturier, Alain; Walter, Christian

doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.03.016

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“…This alteration of the natural hydrological dynamic can carry out environmental problems of solute transport, nutrients and soil losses, slides by piping processes, formation of rills and ephemeral gullies, degradation of the roots and decrease of the productivity (Bienes et al, 2016;Bruggisser et al, 2010;De Baets et al, 2011;Galati et al, 2015;García-Díaz et al, 2016;Martínez-Murillo et al, 2013;Morvan et al, 2014;Novara et al, 2013;Poesen et al, 1997;Richter, 1980). In this line in the future, it would be interesting to look deeper in a relevant high intra-plot temporal variabilities along the inter-rows and rills (Bryan et al, 1989;David et al, 2014;Govers et al, 1994;Poesen et al, 1990;Ramos and Martínez-Casasnovas, 2006;Rodrigo-Comino et al, 2015b;Wirtz et al, 2013Wirtz et al, , 2010. It would be useful to compare soil erosion and hydrological processes before and after harvesting, between different years and under different rainfall intensities.…”

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High variability of soil erosion and hydrological processes in Mediterranean hillslope vineyards (Montes de Málaga, Spain)

Rodrigo‐Comino

Sinoga

González

et al. 2016

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High variability of soil erosion and hydrological processes in Mediterranean hillslope vineyards (Montes de Málaga, Spain)

Rodrigo‐Comino

Sinoga

González

et al. 2016

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“…6 shows how linear erosion features channeled surface water, artificially creating transport and sink zones. Vineyards are typified by high variability in topography (David et al, 2014;Prosdocimi et al, 2017;Quiquerez et al, 2014). To capture this variability, it was needed to improve the method by adding three measure points within the inter-row.…”

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Improving stock unearthing method to measure soil erosion rates in vineyards

Rodrigo‐Comino

Cerdà

2018

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A B S T R A C TVineyard soils experience high erosion rates compared to soils from other agricultural land uses. The high soil losses in vineyards limits the sustainability of traditional production schemes and warrants comprehensive research aimed at thwarting the main erosion processes affecting vineyard systems. However, long-term measurements, which include spatial variability of soil erosion rates at the plot scale, are uncommon, as most of the measurements have taken place either at the hillslope or watershed scales. Against this background, the stock unearthing method (SUM) can be considered a useful methodology. However, the current method falls short because it assumes that the topography between the vine lines (inter-rows) remains planar. Therefore, we propose a new methodology (ISUM: improved stock unearthing method) that includes three measurements between in the inter-row areas. By taking inter-row measurements, we hypothesized that the spatial patterns of sediment detachment, transport and deposition features in the inter-rows would be detected. The ISUM costs 20% more time to conduct than the SUM, but greatly improved the utility of the field survey. ISUM allowed for: i) the creation of maps that identified linear soil erosion features and accumulation sites; ii) measures the amount of soil accumulated under the vines; iii) estimation of soil erosion rates with higher accuracy at long-term periods in a specific moment. This study compared the ISUM with the SUM in a vineyard in Spain. Soil erosion rates with ISUM were −2.5 Mg ha yr −1 while the SUM calculated rates of +4.9 Mg ha yr −1.Results showed that the traditional method underestimated soil rates a −25.7%. Maps created with the ISUM technique could also be used to provide insights about sediment connectivity.

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“…These applications also determined the optimal spatial organization of the latter management practices that maximizes or minimizes runoff characteristics (peak, time lag, volume, etc.). Additionally, scenarios of global change, combining climate change and land‐use change, were tested for guiding soil conservation practices (David et al, 2014; Paroissien et al, 2015). Other applications concerned the assessment of the influence of landscape spatial organization on pesticide dissipation.…”

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OMERE: A Long‐Term Observatory of Soil and Water Resources, in Interaction with Agricultural and Land Management in Mediterranean Hilly Catchments

Molénat

Raclot

Zitouna

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Vadose Zone Journal

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Core Ideas OMERE is a Mediterranean observatory of two farmed catchments in Tunisia and France. Water, contaminant, and erosion fluxes are monitored from plot to catchment scales. Soils and land use in relation with agriculture are surveyed. Scientific results concern elementary processes and integrated catchment functioning. Models were conceived for evaluation of land use and agricultural management scenarios. To account for the diversity of agricultural and ecosystem situations in hilly Mediterranean areas, the agro‐hydrological observatory OMERE (Observatoire Méditerranéen de l'Environnement Rural et de l'Eau) monitors two farmed catchments—one in northern Tunisia and the other in southern France. Mediterranean regions are typified by a highly variable climate, with an alternation of long droughts and intense storms, and by a strong heterogeneity of soil properties, due to a combination of climate, relief, parent materials, sparse vegetation, intense land use, man‐made infrastructure (ditches, terraces, etc.), and agricultural activities. In this context, OMERE aims to document the impacts of agricultural and land management on mass fluxes in Mediterranean farmed headwater catchments. The observation strategy is motivated by monitoring water, sediment, and contaminant fluxes and hydrologic and climatic variables at different spatial scales from cultivated plots and landscape elements to the catchment scale. These measurements have been performed at a fine time resolution over a long‐term scale and by surveying land use, agricultural practices, and soil surface characteristics. The long‐term observation strategy intends to support integrative multidisciplinary research for elucidating the conditions that improve soil and water management and delivery of ecosystem services in a Mediterranean rainfed cultivated context. The observatory has led to scientific insights regarding three scientific objectives: (i) to better understand the fluxes of water, erosion, and contaminants, especially pesticides, and of their natural and anthropogenic drivers on short‐ and long‐term scales; (ii) to analyze the aggregate effects of farming and land management on mass fluxes across scales, from plot to catchment or landscape scales; and (iii) to derive new scenarios for sustainable agricultural management and improved delivery of ecosystem services.

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Simulation of medium-term soil redistributions for different land use and landscape design scenarios within a vineyard landscape in Mediterranean France

Cited by 26 publications

References 58 publications

High variability of soil erosion and hydrological processes in Mediterranean hillslope vineyards (Montes de Málaga, Spain)

High variability of soil erosion and hydrological processes in Mediterranean hillslope vineyards (Montes de Málaga, Spain)

Improving stock unearthing method to measure soil erosion rates in vineyards

OMERE: A Long‐Term Observatory of Soil and Water Resources, in Interaction with Agricultural and Land Management in Mediterranean Hilly Catchments

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