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Soil compaction under different management practices in a Croatian vineyard

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The use of machinery in vineyards is increasing soil compaction and erosion. However, there is a lack of information about the impacts of different management practices on soil conditions of vineyards. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess soil compaction in Croatian vineyards under four different management systems: no-tillage (NT) system, conventional tillage (CT), yearly inversed grass covered (INV-GC) and tillage managed (INV-T) treatments. Four key top-soil (0–20 cm) parameters were assessed in the different land uses: bulk density (BD), penetration resistance (PR), soil water content (SWC) and carbon dioxide (CO2) fluxes. Tractor traffic increased the BD and PR in all treatments, with exception of CT treatment, as consequence of tillage. SWC showed higher values in INV-GC treatment during the dry period; meanwhile, it was similar during the wet season in every management type. Lower CO2 fluxes were found in INV-GC and NT than in the CT and INV-T treatments.

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  1. Department of General Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Svetošimunska 25, HR-10000, Zagreb, Croatia

    Igor Bogunovic, Darija Bilandzija, Marija Cacic & Luka Brezinscak

  2. Department of Viticulture and Enology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Svetosimunska 25, HR-10000, Zagreb, Croatia

    Zeljko Andabaka, Domagoj Stupic & Edi Maletic

  3. Instituto de Geomorfología y Suelos, Department of Geograpy, University of Málaga, 29071, Malaga, Spain

    Jesús Rodrigo Comino

  4. Physical Geography, Trier University, 54286, Trier, Germany

    Jesús Rodrigo Comino

  5. Department of Environmental Policy, Mykolas Romeris University, Ateities g. 20, LT-08303, Vilnius, Lithuania

    Paulo Pereira

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Bogunovic, I., Bilandzija, D., Andabaka, Z. et al. Soil compaction under different management practices in a Croatian vineyard. Arab J Geosci 10, 340 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-017-3105-y

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