Relationships between physical-geographical factors and soil degradation on agricultural land

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935117316742" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935117316742</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2018.03.042" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.envres.2018.03.042</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Relationships between physical-geographical factors and soil degradation on agricultural land

Original language description

It is a well-known fact that soil degradation is dramatically increasing and currently threatens agricultural soils all around the world. The objective of this study was to reveal the possible connection between soil degradation and seven physical-geographical factors - slope steepness, altitude, elevation differences, rainfall, temperature, soil texture and solar radiation - in the form of threshold values (if these exist), where soil degradation begins and ends. The analysis involved the whole area of the Czech Republic which consists of 13,027 cadasters (78,866 km(2)). The greatest total degradation threat occurs in areas with slope steepness &gt; 7 degrees, average annual temperature &lt; 5.9 degrees C, elevation differences &gt; 10.54, altitude &gt; 766 m a.s.l. Similarly, the results for water erosion, wind erosion, soil compaction, loss of organic matter, acidification and heavy metal contamination were processed. The results enable us to identify the relationships of different levels of threats which could consequently be used in various ways - for classification of threatened areas, for more effective implementation of anti-degradation measures, or purely for a better understanding of the role of physical geographical factors in soil degradation in the Czech Republic, and thus could increase the chances of reducing vulnerability to land degradation not only in the Czech Republic.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10618 - Ecology

Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

ISSN

0013-9351

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

164

Issue of the periodical within the volume

JUL

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

660-668

UT code for WoS article

000431387100076

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85045019248