Runoff and soil loss from steep sloping vineyards in the Douro Valley, Portugal: rates and factors

The Douro Region,, NE Portugal, where the grapes for Port Wine are produced, faces a high potential erosion risk due to its natural setting, for long tackled with heavy labour inputs. These allowed the stabilization of steep vineyard covered hill-slopes by means of traditional terracing, manually bu...

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Main Author: Figueiredo, Tomás de (author)
Other Authors: Poesen, Jean (author), Ferreira, Alfredo Gonçalves (author), Gonçalves, Dionísio (author)
Format: bookPart
Language:eng
Published: 2014
Subjects:
Soil loss
Runoff
Erosion plots
Long term experiments
Vineyards
Douro valley
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10198/11217
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:bibliotecadigital.ipb.pt:10198/11217

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http://hdl.handle.net/10198/11217

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