@article{PAR00006180,
  title = {{R}ates and spatial variations of soil erosion in {E}urope : a study based on erosion plot data},
  author = {{C}erdan, {O}. and {G}overs, {G}. and {L}e {B}issonnais, {Y}. and {V}an {O}ost, {K}. and {P}oesen, {J}. and {S}aby, {N}. and {G}obin, {A}. and {V}acca, {A}. and {Q}uinton, {J}. and {A}uerswald, {K}. and {K}lik, {A}. and {K}waad, {F}. {J}. {P}. {M}. and {R}aclot, {D}amien and {I}onita, {I}. and {R}ejman, {J}. and {R}ousseva, {S}. and {M}uxart, {T}. and {R}oxo, {M}. {J}. and {D}ostal, {T}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{A}n extensive database of short to medium-term erosion rates as measured on erosion plots in {E}urope under natural rainfall was compiled from the literature. {S}tatistical analysis confirmed the dominant influence of land use and cover on soil erosion rates. {S}heet and rill erosion rates are highest on bare soil; vineyards show the second highest soil losses, followed by other arable lands (spring crops, orchards and winter crops). {A} land with a permanent vegetation cover (shrubs, grassland and forest) is characterised by soil losses which are generally more than an order of magnitude lower than those on arable land. {D}isturbance of permanent vegetation by fire leads to momentarily higher erosion rates but rates are still lower than those measured on arable land. {W}e also noticed important regional differences in erosion rates. {E}rosion rates are generally much lower in the {M}editerranean as compared to other areas in {E}urope; this is mainly attributed to the high soil stoniness in the {M}editerranean. {M}easured erosion rates on arable and bare land were related to topography (slope steepness and length) and soil texture, while this was not the case for plots with a permanent land cover. {W}e attribute this to a fundamental difference in runoff generation and sediment transfer according to land cover types. {O}n the basis of these results we calculated mean sheet and rill erosion rates for the {E}uropean area covered by the {CORINE} database: estimated rill and interrill erosion rates are ca. 1.2 t ha(-1) year for the whole {CORINE} area and ca. 3.6 t ha(-1) year(-1) for arable land. {T}hese estimates are much lower than some earlier estimates which were based on the erroneous extrapolation of small datasets. {H}igh erosion rates occur in areas dominated by vineyards, the hilly loess areas in {W}est and {C}entral {E}urope and the agricultural areas located in the piedmont areas of the major {E}uropean mountain ranges.},
  keywords = {{E}rosion plots ; {E}urope ; {L}and use ; {S}lope gradient ; {S}oil texture ; {S}toniness},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{G}eomorphology},
  volume = {122},
  numero = {1-2},
  pages = {167--177},
  ISSN = {0169-555{X}},
  year = {2010},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.06.011},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/{PAR}00006180},
}