Water erosion risk prediction in eucalyptus plantations

Eucalyptus plantations are normally found in vulnerable ecosystems such as steep slope, soil with low natural fertility and lands that were degraded by agriculture. The objective of this study was to obtain Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) factors and use them to estimate water erosion risk i...

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Autores principales: Silva, Mayesse Aparecida da, Naves Silva, Marx Leandro, Curi, Nilton, Hoffmann Oliveira, Anna, Avanzi, Junior, Norton, Lloyd Darrell
Formato: Journal Article
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Publicado: 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/41892
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author Silva, Mayesse Aparecida da
Naves Silva, Marx Leandro
Curi, Nilton
Hoffmann Oliveira, Anna
Avanzi, Junior
Norton, Lloyd Darrell
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Curi, Nilton
Hoffmann Oliveira, Anna
Naves Silva, Marx Leandro
Norton, Lloyd Darrell
Silva, Mayesse Aparecida da
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Naves Silva, Marx Leandro
Curi, Nilton
Hoffmann Oliveira, Anna
Avanzi, Junior
Norton, Lloyd Darrell
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description Eucalyptus plantations are normally found in vulnerable ecosystems such as steep slope, soil with low natural fertility and lands that were degraded by agriculture. The objective of this study was to obtain Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) factors and use them to estimate water erosion risk in regions with eucalyptus planted. The USLE factors were obtained in field plots under natural rainfall in the Rio Doce Basin, MG, Brazil, and the model applied to assess erosion risk using USLE in a Geographic Information System. The study area showed rainfall-runoff erosivity values from 10,721 to 10,642 MJ mm ha-1 h-1 yr-1. Some soils (Latosols) had very low erodibility values (2.0 x 10-4 and 1.0 x 10-4t h MJ-1 mm-1), the topographic factor ranged from 0.03 to 10.57 and crop and management factor values obtained for native forest, eucalyptus and planted pasture were 0.09, 0.12 and 0.22, respectively. Water erosion risk estimates for current land use indicated that the areas where should receive more attention were mainly areas with greater topographic factors and those with Cambisols. Planning of forestry activities in this region should consider implementation of other conservation practices beyond those already used, reducing areas with a greater risk of soil erosion and increasing areas with very low risk
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spelling CGSpace418922025-03-13T09:44:19Z Water erosion risk prediction in eucalyptus plantations Silva, Mayesse Aparecida da Naves Silva, Marx Leandro Curi, Nilton Hoffmann Oliveira, Anna Avanzi, Junior Norton, Lloyd Darrell eucalyptus ordenación forestal forest management control de la erosión erosion control Eucalyptus plantations are normally found in vulnerable ecosystems such as steep slope, soil with low natural fertility and lands that were degraded by agriculture. The objective of this study was to obtain Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) factors and use them to estimate water erosion risk in regions with eucalyptus planted. The USLE factors were obtained in field plots under natural rainfall in the Rio Doce Basin, MG, Brazil, and the model applied to assess erosion risk using USLE in a Geographic Information System. The study area showed rainfall-runoff erosivity values from 10,721 to 10,642 MJ mm ha-1 h-1 yr-1. Some soils (Latosols) had very low erodibility values (2.0 x 10-4 and 1.0 x 10-4t h MJ-1 mm-1), the topographic factor ranged from 0.03 to 10.57 and crop and management factor values obtained for native forest, eucalyptus and planted pasture were 0.09, 0.12 and 0.22, respectively. Water erosion risk estimates for current land use indicated that the areas where should receive more attention were mainly areas with greater topographic factors and those with Cambisols. Planning of forestry activities in this region should consider implementation of other conservation practices beyond those already used, reducing areas with a greater risk of soil erosion and increasing areas with very low risk 2014-03 2014-08-06T06:00:45Z 2014-08-06T06:00:45Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/41892 en Open Access Silva, M, Naves Silva, ML, Curi, N, Hoffmann Oliveira, A, Avanzi, JC, Norton, LD. 2014. Water erosion risk prediction in eucalyptus plantations. Ciência e Agrotecnologia 38(2): 160-172.
spellingShingle eucalyptus
ordenación forestal
forest management
control de la erosión
erosion control
Silva, Mayesse Aparecida da
Naves Silva, Marx Leandro
Curi, Nilton
Hoffmann Oliveira, Anna
Avanzi, Junior
Norton, Lloyd Darrell
Water erosion risk prediction in eucalyptus plantations
title Water erosion risk prediction in eucalyptus plantations
title_full Water erosion risk prediction in eucalyptus plantations
title_fullStr Water erosion risk prediction in eucalyptus plantations
title_full_unstemmed Water erosion risk prediction in eucalyptus plantations
title_short Water erosion risk prediction in eucalyptus plantations
title_sort water erosion risk prediction in eucalyptus plantations
topic eucalyptus
ordenación forestal
forest management
control de la erosión
erosion control
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/41892
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