@article{fdi:010049183,
  title = {{E}ffect of land use and management on the early stages of soil water erosion in {F}rench {M}editerranean vineyards},
  author = {{B}lavet, {D}idier and {D}e {N}oni, {G}eorges and {L}e {B}issonnais, {Y}. and {L}eonard, {M}. and {M}aillo, {L}. and {L}aurent, {J}ean-{Y}ves and {A}sseline, {J}ean and {L}eprun, {J}ean-{C}laude and {A}rshad, {M}. {A}. and {R}oose, {E}ric},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he effect of changes in land use on the early stages of soil water erosion was studied on brown calcareous soils ({C}alcic {L}uvisols), a widespread type of soil suitable for wine-growing in the {F}rench {M}editerranean area. {T}his type of soil is subject to high intensity rainfall events. {R}ainfall of 60 mm/h was simulated on dry soil for several types of land use including scrubland, fallow and several wine-growing strategies (chemical and mechanical inter-row weeding, grassing, straw mulching, rock fragment cover and clearing rock fragments). {N}o soil loss was observed for fallow and scrubland. {T}he highest runoff rates and soil losses were observed for chemically weeded vineyards, with however, a reduction of soil losses when the prunings were left on the soil. {V}ineyards mulched with straw or with rock fragment cover were protected against runoff and soil erosion. {A}s the grassing was recent, it was only partially effective, although several indicators showed that it might be promising in the future. {A} method of ranking the land uses in terms of protection against runoff and soil losses was derived from the experimental data. {T}he statistical relationships between runoff, soil losses and various surface proper-ties (soil cover including litter, weeds and rock fragments, crusts) and properties of the 0-5 cm topsoil layer (aggregate stability, carbon organic content, and porosity) were determined. {T}he rate of initial crusts, the crusting with the rains, the aggregate stability, the carbon organic content and the soil porosity were significantly related to the runoff. {T}he soil cover and the crusting with the rains were significantly related with the water turbidity. {A}ll theses parameters were significantly related to soil losses. {H}owever, runoff was poorly related to the water turbidity. {T}he causality links between the results and the ranking of the land uses are discussed.},
  keywords = {{E}rosion, {M}editerranean region ; {V}ineyards ; {S}oil cover ; {A}ggregate stability ; {C}alcic {L}uvisols ; {R}ainfall simulation},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{S}oil and {T}illage {R}esearch},
  volume = {106},
  numero = {1},
  pages = {124--136},
  ISSN = {0167-1987},
  year = {2009},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.still.2009.04.010},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010049183},
}