Fallow Reduces Soil Losses and Increases Carbon Stock in Caatinga
ABSTRACT This study aimed at evaluating whether 10 years of fallow was sufficient to restore a degraded hillslope in the semi-arid Caatinga biome, Brazil. For this purpose, runoff, erosion, loss of nutrients and organic carbon were measured on two comparable hillslopes: one was left fallow and the o...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro
2017-04-01
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| Series: | Floresta e Ambiente |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2179-80872017000100142&lng=en&tlng=en |