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WEPP, EUROSEM, E-2D: Results of Applications at the Plot Scale

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Soil Erosion

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Agriculture has a major influence on the state of the environment. Simply due to their share of the land surface, their effects on the regional budgets of energy and matter, and the limited availability of soil fertility as the main resource, agricultural land use systems should be the subject of continuous evaluation and improvement. In the context of the growing importance of soil conservation as a means of sustainable development, fundamental soil erosion research which guides the development and application of predictive simulation systems is a desirable issue because it helps to optimise agricultural production techniques with respect to energy input, soil and nutrient losses, and food security.

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Schröder, A. (2000). WEPP, EUROSEM, E-2D: Results of Applications at the Plot Scale. In: Schmidt, J. (eds) Soil Erosion. Environmental Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04295-3_11

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