Soil erosion under different vegetation covers in the Venezuelan Andes

被引：57

作者：

Tietze M.K. ^{[1
]}

Wuestefeld T. ^{[1
]}

Paul Y. ^{[1
]}

Zender L. ^{[1
]}

Trautwein C. ^{[1
]}

Manns M.P. ^{[1
]}

Kubicka S. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover

来源：

Environmentalist | 2002年 / 22卷 / 2期

关键词：

Land degradation; Land use; Soil erosion; Tropical Andes; Venezuela;

D O I：

10.1023/A:1015389918416

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摘要：

This comparative study of soil erosion considered different environments in an ecological unit of the Venezuelan Andes. The soils belong to an association of typic palehumults and humic dystrudepts. Soil losses were quantified by using erosion plots in areas covered by four types of vegetation, including both natural and cultivated environments. The highest soil erosion rate evaluated corresponded to horticultural crops in rotation: reaching a value of 22 Mg ha-1 per year. For apple tree (Malus sylvestris Miller) plots, soil losses reached values of 1.96 Mg ha-1 per year. Losses from pasture (Pennisetum clandestinum Hochst. ex Chiov.) plots, without livestock grazing, were as high as 1.11 Mg ha-1 during the second year of the experiment. The highest soil losses generated from plots under natural forest were equal to 0.54 Mg ha-1 per year. Environmental factors such as total and effective rainfall, runoff, and some soil characteristics as those related to soil losses by water erosion were evaluated. The type of management applied to each site under different land use type and the absence of conservation practices explain, to a large extent, the erosive processes and mechanisms.

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页码：161 / 172

页数：11

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