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Assessing the significance of soil erosion
Author(s) -
Bilotta G S,
Grove M,
Mudd S M
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
transactions of the institute of british geographers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.196
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1475-5661
pISSN - 0020-2754
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-5661.2011.00497.x
Subject(s) - library science , citation , history , archaeology , engineering , computer science
In this paper we examine the ecosystem services that soils provide and we critically evaluate the current methods through which the erosion of this resource is assessed. We highlight that erosion is not only a problem involving the loss of soil; it involves a loss of both on-site and off-site ecosystem services, which are rarely incorporated into current assessments of the significance of erosion. We discuss the need for interdisciplinary research that addresses current weaknesses in the assessment of the significance of soil erosion.