Soil Management and Slope Impacts on Soil Properties, Hydrological Response, and Erosion in Hazelnut Orchard
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area and Climate
2.2. Experimental Design, Rainfall Simulation Experiments, and Soil Sampling
2.3. Laboratory Analyses
2.4. Statistical Analyses
3. Results
3.1. Soil Properties
3.2. Hydrological Response and Soil Erosion
3.3. Principal Component Analysis
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Telak, L.J.; Dugan, I.; Bogunovic, I. Soil Management and Slope Impacts on Soil Properties, Hydrological Response, and Erosion in Hazelnut Orchard. Soil Syst. 2021, 5, 5. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/soilsystems5010005
Telak LJ, Dugan I, Bogunovic I. Soil Management and Slope Impacts on Soil Properties, Hydrological Response, and Erosion in Hazelnut Orchard. Soil Systems. 2021; 5(1):5. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/soilsystems5010005
Chicago/Turabian StyleTelak, Leon Josip, Ivan Dugan, and Igor Bogunovic. 2021. "Soil Management and Slope Impacts on Soil Properties, Hydrological Response, and Erosion in Hazelnut Orchard" Soil Systems 5, no. 1: 5. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/soilsystems5010005