Changing sediment dynamics due to natural reforestation in the Dragonja catchment, SW Slovenia

S.D. Keesstra, O. van Dam, G. Verstraeten, J. van Huissteden

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    Abstract

    Under the influence of socio-economic changes in many regions in Europe, a trend of decreasing agricultural activity has been observed since the Second World War. The resulting reforestation profoundly changes water and sediment supply to river channels, deposition rates on the floodplains and erosion rates on the hillslopes. We studied these changes in the 91 km
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)60-71
    JournalCatena
    Volume78
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2009

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