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Recommended Reading
Bakker, M.M., Govers, G., Kosmas, C., Vanacker, V., Van Oost, K., Rounsevell, M 2005 Soil erosion as a driver of land-use change Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 105 467-481
Basch G (2005). Conservation agriculture experiences in the European Union. In Proceedings of Congreso Internacional sobre Agricultura de Conservación. Cordoba , 9-11 November 2005.
Boardman, J., Poesen, J., Evans, R. 2003 Socio-economic factors in soil erosion and conservation. Environmental Science and Policy 6, 1-6
Cannell, RQ and JD Hawes. 1994. Trends in tillage practices in relation to sustainable crops production with special reference to temperate climates. Soil Tillage Research 30: 245-282.
Davies, DB and J B Finney. 2002. Reduced cultivations for Cereals: research, development and advisory needs under changing economic circumstances. HGCA Research Review 48
El Titi (ed) (2003). Soil Tillage in Agroecosystems. CRC press, Florida
Gobin, A., Jones, R., Kirkby, M., Campling, P., Govers, G., Kosmas, C., Gentile, A.R. 2004 Indicators for pan-European assessment and monitoring of soil erosion by water. Environmental Science and Policy 7, 25-38
Holland JM (2004). The environmental consequences of adopting conservation tillage in Europe : reviewing the evidence. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 103, 1-25
Knapen, A., Poesen, J., De Baets, S. 2007 Seasonal variations in soil erosion resistance during concentrated flow for a loess-derived soil under two contrasting tillage practices. Soil and Tillage Research. 94 425-440
Jordan V W L; Leake A R; Ogilvy S.(2000). Agronomic and environmental implications of soil management practices in integrated farming systems. Aspects of Applied Biology 62, Farming Systems for the new Millennium 61-66.
Ruysschaert, G., Poesen, J., Verstraeten, G., Govers, G. 2007 Soil loss due to harvesting of various crop types in contrasting agro-ecological environments. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 120 153-165
Steegen, A., Govers, G., Takken, I. , Nachtergaele, J., Poesen, J., Merckx, R. 2001 Factors controlling sediment and phosporus export from two Belgian agricultural catchments. Journal of Environmental Quality 30 1249-1258
Tebrügge F and Böhrensen A (1997a). Crop yields and economic aspects of notillage compared to plough tillage, p25-43. In Experience with the applicability of no-tillage crop production in the West-European Countries. Tebrügge F and Böhrensen A (eds). Proc. EC-Workshop IV, Boigneville , France
Van Oost, K., Quine, T., Govers, G., De Gryze, S., Six, J., Harden, J.W., Ritchie, J.C., McCarty, G.W., Heckrath, G., Kosmas, J., Giraldez, J.R., Marques da Silva, J.R., Merckx, R. 2007. The Impact of Agricultural Soil Erosion on the Global Carbon Cycle. Science 318 626-629
Verstraeten, G., Poesen, J., Govers, G., Gillijns, K., Van Rompaey, A., Van Oost, K. 2003 Integrating science, policy and farmers to reduce soil loss and sediment delivery in Flanders , Belgium . Environmental Science and Policy 6 95-103
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