@article{fdi:010057028,
  title = {{U}nexpected predominance of wine grower location over soil trafficability for vine management in southern {F}rance},
  author = {{B}iarn{\`e}s, {A}nne and {C}oulouma, {G}. and {C}ompagnone, {C}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{O}n a regional scale, many management concerns, such as agricultural planning and water contamination management, require information regarding the diversity and location of agricultural practices. {O}ne means of obtaining this information is to search for spatially explicit indicators that correspond to factors that drive agricultural practices. {T}he objective of our study was to assess the role of soil trafficability on the distribution of soil surface management practices in a {M}editerranean vine-growing region characterised by water contamination by herbicides. {S}oil surface management relies on different combinations of technologies such as shallow tillage, chemical weeding, and grass cover. {W}e hypothesised that soils characterised by low trafficability were associated with the use of chemical weeding or grass cover in alleys that tractors use while spraying pesticides. {H}ere, data on practices were collected by survey at the plot resolution. {S}oil trafficability was evaluated based on an expert classification of the soil units of a 1:25,000 soil map. {U}sing classification trees, we tested the ability of the following three explanatory variables to determine the choice of practice: (1) the trafficability of the plot, (2) the percentage of plots with low trafficability within the vineyard of the farm holding, and (3) the wine grower residence place. {O}ur results show that the trafficability classifies 59% of plots. {T}he percentage of plots with low trafficability classifies 76% of plots. {T}he wine grower residence place classifies 84% of the plots. {A}lthough the choice of practice correlated with soil trafficability, the residence place of the wine grower unexpectedly over-determined the practice choice. {A}s a consequence, our findings evidence a spatial variability of the role of soil in the distribution of soil surface management practices. {I}n addition, soil trafficability cannot be used as major indicator of the practice spatial distribution.},
  keywords = {{V}iticulture ; {H}erbicide pollution ; {S}oil surface management practice ; {S}oil trafficability ; {E}xpert soil classification ; {C}lassification tree},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{A}gronomy for {S}ustainable {D}evelopment},
  volume = {32},
  numero = {3},
  pages = {661--671},
  ISSN = {1774-0746},
  year = {2012},
  DOI = {10.1007/s13593-011-0052-y},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010057028},
}