Contour ripping is more beneficial than composted manure for restoring degraded rangelands in Central Texas

Wilcox, Bradford P.; Fox, William E.; Prcin, Lisa J.; McAlister, Jason; Wolfe, June E.; Thomas, Diana M.; Knight, R. W.; Hoffman, Dennis W.; Smeins, Fred E.

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.06.029

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“…Increased water infiltration rates 3 years after ripping indicated a sustained benefit from this practice. Others have also documented increased infiltration rates, reduced surface run‐off, and reduced soil bulk density with ripping (Wilcox et al 2012; Ruthrof et al 2013). These properties were likely the mechanism by which plant cover increased in ripped treatments more than in unripped plots during the first 2 years of the study.…”

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“…One way to increase moisture retention and negate the effects of compaction is by manually breaking up the soil. Modifications such as ripping or tilling can increase water availability and plant root system establishment (Bainbridge 2007; Kinyua et al 2010; Wilcox et al 2012; Ruthrof et al 2013). These practices break up the soil surface, enhancing water infiltration and plant rooting (Montalvo et al 2002; Snyman 2003; Osunbitan et al 2005; Kinyua et al 2010; Ruthrof et al 2013).…”

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Restoring closed trails in the Sonoran Desert: interactions of seed timing, seed source, and ripping

Rowe

Sprague

Ball

et al. 2021

Restoration Ecology

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Ecological restoration is a promising way to improve ecological function, habitat connectivity, and esthetic values for recreation. However, effective restoration practices for arid environments remain elusive. To help fill this knowledge gap, we tested ripping soils, seed mixtures, including adding native seed bank topsoils, and seeding timing on permanently closed trails at sites in the Sonoran Desert, Arizona, U.S.A. Ripping had the desired effect of decreasing soil bulk density and increasing infiltration and water-holding capacity of closed trails. However, ripping increased non-native plant cover by 14.1% and decreased native plant cover by 2.2% by the fourth year of the study. Seed mixtures performed best when planted before the winter rains compared to before the summer monsoon, but only 3 of the 10 seeded species persisted across years. The seed bank topsoil application was most effective at increasing native species richness in the first year and yielded an average of two more plant species than unseeded plots over the 4-year experiment, but only in unripped plots. By the fourth year of the study, plots on the ripped and unripped closed trails had similar levels of plant cover and richness as the nearby native plant community, even in unseeded plots, suggesting that in small disturbed areas, the plant community has the potential to regenerate without inputs if disturbance is removed.

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Restoring closed trails in the Sonoran Desert: interactions of seed timing, seed source, and ripping

Rowe

Sprague

Ball

et al. 2021

Restoration Ecology

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“…The ripping equipment works after the soil-spreading step for cultivating and loosening the ground by structural breakdown. These works give benefit for preparation of the ground to promote plant growth due to improving the water infiltration rate and relief of soil hardening [11,12]. However, there are also possibilities to increase the risk of soil erosion because concentrated flow erosion is likely to occur by water flow on the surface due to surface roughness [13].…”

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Design of self-sustainable land surface against soil erosion at rehabilitation areas in open-cut mines in tropical regions

Hamanaka

Inouea

Shimadaa

et al. 2015

International Journal of Mining, Reclamation and Environment

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Soil erosion is one of the major environmental problems in open-cut mines in tropical regions. It causes negative impacts including the removal of nutrient rich topsoil and subsequent reduction of agricultural productivity in the rehabilitation process. Therefore, it is important to predict soil erosion in advance and establish the proper process to minimize the phenomenon for the success of rehabilitation in the disturbed land. Field investigation to understand soil characteristics in rehabilitation areas and artificial rainfall experiment in laboratory scales were used to assess soil erosion. From a series of investigations, the soil characteristics that spread to the rehabilitation areas were uneven due to mixing overburden as contamination; moreover, it can increase the risk of soil erosion when the soil has high soil erodibility. Another study finding shows the importance of selective placement of erosion-resistant soil in an area which has a high potential for soil erosion to occur, such as slope with an establishment of rapid growing cover crop species on the surface. This paper describes soil erosion under the various soil characteristics and effective countermeasures in situ, and discusses the design of the selfsustainable land surface against soil erosion.

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Reclamation of Mechanically Disturbed Soils Using Forest Plantations

Iglovikov¹,

Kulyasova²,

Sannikova³

2021

XIV International Scientific Conference “INTERAGROMASH 2021"

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Contour ripping is more beneficial than composted manure for restoring degraded rangelands in Central Texas

Cited by 10 publications

References 40 publications

Restoring closed trails in the Sonoran Desert: interactions of seed timing, seed source, and ripping

Restoring closed trails in the Sonoran Desert: interactions of seed timing, seed source, and ripping

Design of self-sustainable land surface against soil erosion at rehabilitation areas in open-cut mines in tropical regions

Reclamation of Mechanically Disturbed Soils Using Forest Plantations

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