Long-term effects of soil management on ecosystem services and soil loss estimation in olive grove top soils

Parras-Alcántara, Luis; Lozano‐García, Beatriz; Keesstra, Saskia; Cerdà, Artemi; Brevik, Eric C.

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.07.016

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“…This was demonstrated by the three years of measurement in the new plantation as the soil losses were half their original level three years after the plantation was established (33.5 Mg ha À1 yr À1 ) and by the soil erosion rates measured in the 35-years old vineyards, where the erosion rates were 20 times lower than in the young vineyard the year of plantation establishment. Similar results have found in other agriculture lands such as citrus plantations in the Western Mediterranean (Cerdà et al, 2009), avocado orchards in the USA (Atucha et al, 2013); olive orchards in Crete (Karydas et al, 2009) and Spain (Parras-Alcántara et al, 2016), orchard terraces in China (Li et al, 2014), and avocado orchards in Mexico (BravoEspinosa et al, 2014). The erosion rates were reduced over time Fig.…”

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“…Spatial topsoil level evolution (soil transport-deposition) in 3-years old vineyards. al., 2016b), and other materials that can be reused such as coffee husks (Moreno-Ramón et al, 2014), or wastes from pruning and harvest such as leaves and branches (Keesstra et al, 2016a,b;Parras-Alcántara et al, 2016). Mulching will reduce soil losses, which is highly recommended during the plantation works, and will improve the fertility of the soils as Mwango et al (2016) found.…”

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Soil erosion in sloping vineyards assessed by using botanical indicators and sediment collectors in the Ruwer-Mosel valley

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Soil erosion in sloping vineyards assessed by using botanical indicators and sediment collectors in the Ruwer-Mosel valley

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“…Some alternative methods that used monthly precipitation were applied as substitutes for the lack of 30‐min rainfall intensity (Diodato & Bellocchi, ; Yin, Xie, Liu, & Nearing, ). As we did not intend to precisely estimate the absolute amount of erosion, the basic formula of Fournier index was used as follows (Cerretelli et al, ; Fenta et al, ; Markose & Jayappa, ; Parras‐Alcantara, Lozano‐Garcia, Keesstra, Cerda, & Brevik, ; Wu, Liu, & Ma, ).

normalR = \sum_{i = 1}^{12} P_{i}^{2} / P

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Vulnerability assessment of the global water erosion tendency: Vegetation greening can partly offset increasing rainfall stress

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Global water erosion is a grave threat to the sustainability of agriculture. Regional climate change may aggravate the threat of erosion, whereas global vegetation greening (an increasing trend in vegetation cover) may act as a mitigation to the threat. On the basis of the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation, we assessed the vulnerability of the global water erosion during 1982–2015. A contribution index was built to describe the influences of rainfall erosivity and cover management on global water erosion vulnerability changes during 1982–2015. The research objective was to explore the spatial pattern of global water erosion vulnerability change in recent decades and to identify the factor that has contributed most to the vulnerability change, and three main results were obtained. (a) The global water erosion vulnerability increased over 51% of the surface during 1982–2015, and the surface with significant decreasing trends only accounted for 12% of the middle and highly sensitive areas. (b) Rainfall erosivity contributed more than cover management for absolute value except in the Amazon, Congo Basin, and Southeast Asia, whereas the contribution of cover management was increasing. (c) Vegetation greening can partly offset the stress caused by climate change. The global water erosion vulnerability decreased more than increased in sensitive area. Consequently, enhancing the vegetation growth in the highly sensitive water erosion region could reduce the erosion threat at large scale.

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“…Fernández‐Romero et al () found that pruning residues improve soil quality regarding the stratification ratios of soil organic carbon, nitrogen and C : N ratio. Furthermore, Parras‐Alcántara et al () also observed that pruning residues used as a mulch can improve soil physical and chemical properties in olive groves. Likewise, Ordóñez‐Fernández et al () found an increase in the soil contents of N, P and K following the application of this kind of residues.…”

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Assessing Local Uncertainty of Soil Protection in an Olive Grove Area with Pruning Residues Cover: A Geostatistical Cosimulation Approach

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The spatial characterization of soil protection is important for preventing land degradation. Mulch covers of pruning residues are increasingly used by farmers, but little is known regarding their spatial variability. Thus, field research was conducted in a 14·7‐ha traditional olive grove located in Córdoba (Spain), to evaluate the variability of the initial density of pruning (Dpo), tree crown volume (V) and N content in residues (Np). Dry pruning weight and Np were characterized in 49 and 47 samples, respectively, covering approximately half of the area. V was measured in 178 locations covering all of the study area. The spatial continuity of these variables was described by spherical variograms. Geostatistical simulation algorithms were employed. One hundred realizations were made for Np through direct sequential simulation. Because the association with V was large (rxy = 0·72, p‐value < 0·001), we ran a geostatistical cosimulation algorithm to obtain 100 maps of Dpo. The final density of pruning (FDp) was determined by applying a residue decomposition model for a 2‐year period to pairs of previously simulated maps of Np and Dpo. After setting soil protection cut‐off values for FDp, the soil protection probability was calculated for pruning strips of 2 and 4 m width. Finally, we converted the probability maps into binary maps and classified the farm into protected, unprotected and uncertain zones. V provided valuable input to evaluate soil protection. The application of stochastic simulations coupled with a decomposition model was useful to identify critical areas. This methodology can be easily applied to other crops. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Long-term effects of soil management on ecosystem services and soil loss estimation in olive grove top soils

Cited by 130 publications

References 63 publications

Soil erosion in sloping vineyards assessed by using botanical indicators and sediment collectors in the Ruwer-Mosel valley

Soil erosion in sloping vineyards assessed by using botanical indicators and sediment collectors in the Ruwer-Mosel valley

Vulnerability assessment of the global water erosion tendency: Vegetation greening can partly offset increasing rainfall stress

Assessing Local Uncertainty of Soil Protection in an Olive Grove Area with Pruning Residues Cover: A Geostatistical Cosimulation Approach

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