Understanding soil erosion processes in Mediterranean sloping vineyards (Montes de Málaga, Spain)

Rodrigo‐Comino, Jesús; Senciales, José María; Ramos, M. C.; Martínez‐Casasnovas, José A.; Lasanta, T.; Brevik, Eric C.; Ries, Johannes B.; Sinoga, José Damián Ruíz

doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2017.02.021

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“…Gerlach troughs (Biddoccu et al, 2016;Rodrigo-Comino et al, 2017a, rainfall simulation experiments (Prosdocimi et al, 2017;Rodrigo Comino et al, 2015;Rodrigo-Comino et al, 2016c) or erosion pins (Novara et al, 2011), watershed discharge measurements and modeling (Keesstra et al, 2014) have provided detailed information Fig. 3.…”

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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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“…But a lack of vegetation (grass or shrub) and, or litter cover (García-Díaz et al, 2017;Novara et al, 2011;Rodrigo-Comino et al, 2017a) or the use of heavy machinery (Bogunovic et al. 2017;Ferrero et al, 2005) can also enhance soil erosion processes.…”

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Improving stock unearthing method to measure soil erosion rates in vineyards

Rodrigo‐Comino

Cerdà

2018

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“…As a result of extreme rainfall events, temporary flooding of the soil, determining poor soil aeration, affects plant growth [2]. These frequent high-intensity rainfall events, which usually occur after a very dry summer, and the climatic fluctuation in short-and long-term (especially in rainfall quantity), have been pointed out as the main climatic characteristics affecting the vulnerability of the Mediterranean basin to erosion [3,4]. In particular, specialized input-intensive farming systems entail high risks of runoff and soil erosion, thus reducing the productivity of agricultural ecosystems [5].…”

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Impacts of Agro-Ecological Practices on Soil Losses and Cash Crop Yield

2017

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Abstract:The aim of this study was to determine the impact of agro-ecological practices on soil losses, by assessing experimental field topography changes and cauliflower crop yield after an artificial extreme rainfall event. Data were collected in an innovative experimental device in which different combined agronomic strategies were tested such as hydraulic arrangement, crop rotations and agro-ecological service crops (ASC) introduction. The collection of elevation data was carried out in kinematic way before rainfall, and in punctual surveys to evaluate the effects of artificial event on this parameter. Non-parametric tests were performed to evaluate differences between samples. High-resolution digital elevation models were generated from independent data using kriging, and elevation difference maps were produced. The results indicated that the data before and after the artificial rainfall were statistically different. The raised strips suffered soil loss showing that the strip with permanent intercropping was higher than that in the absence of ASC. A significant rise of elevation was registered in the furrowed strips after rainfall, and deposition of soil occurred at the lowest areas of the experimental field. Moreover, the study showed a relationship between cash crop yield and elevation: the areas with lower elevation (higher flooding) were characterized by the lowest yield.

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“…4) Vine-producing regions are often in hilly topography areas (Rodrigo Comino et al, 2016c;Rodrigo Comino et al, 2017;Tarolli et al, 2015). As a result, higher erosion rates than in other land uses can be found in Mediterranean vineyards, reaching to 100 Mg ha -1 (García-Ruiz, 2010; Kosmas et al, 1997;Prosdocimi et al, 2016a;Rodrigo Comino et al, 2016c).…”

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“…Temporary GC are effective soil management to reduce erosion and reducing nitrate loss (Novara et al, 2011;Novara et al, 2013) in Mediterranean areas where the most of the rain falls in winter (Nadal-Romero et al, 2015;Rodrigo Comino et al, 2017). In April, inter rows are tilled to eliminate water competition with vine plants.…”

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Groundcover influence on physical and chemical soil properties, runoff and nutrient loss and grape yield and quality in semiarid Mediterranean vineyards

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Understanding soil erosion processes in Mediterranean sloping vineyards (Montes de Málaga, Spain)

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Cited by 122 publications

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Improving stock unearthing method to measure soil erosion rates in vineyards

Improving stock unearthing method to measure soil erosion rates in vineyards

Impacts of Agro-Ecological Practices on Soil Losses and Cash Crop Yield

Groundcover influence on physical and chemical soil properties, runoff and nutrient loss and grape yield and quality in semiarid Mediterranean vineyards

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