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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
49
Citations
10281
World Ranking
5186
National Ranking
134

Best Publications

  • Predicting soil erosion and sediment yield at the basin scale: Scale issues and semi-quantitative models

    Joris de Vente;Jean Poesen

  • A theory of participation: what makes stakeholder and public engagement in environmental management work?

    Mark S. Reed;Steven Vella;Edward Challies;Joris de Vente

  • Predicting soil erosion and sediment yield at regional scales: Where do we stand?

    Joris de Vente;Jean Poesen;Gert Verstraeten;Gerard Govers

  • The sediment delivery problem revisited

    Joris de Vente;Jean Poesen;Mahmood Arabkhedri;Gert Verstraeten

  • Global impact of climate change on soil erosion and potential for adaptation through soil conservation

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  • How does the context and design of participatory decision making processes affect their outcomes? Evidence from sustainable land management in global drylands

    Joris de Vente;Mark S. Reed;Lindsay C. Stringer;Sandra Valente

  • A review of runoff generation and soil erosion across scales in semiarid south-eastern Spain

    Y. Cantón;A. Solé-Benet;J. de Vente;C. Boix-Fayos

  • Sediment yield in Europe: Spatial patterns and scale dependency

    Matthias Vanmaercke;Jean Poesen;Gert Verstraeten;Joris de Vente

  • Spatially distributed modelling of soil erosion and sediment yield at regional scales in Spain

    Joris de Vente;Joris de Vente;Jean Poesen;Gert Verstraeten;Anton Van Rompaey

  • The impact of land use change and check-dams on catchment sediment yield

    Carolina Boix-Fayos;Joris de Vente;Joris de Vente;María Martínez-Mena;Gonzalo G. Barberá

  • Sediment yield variability in Spain: a quantitative and semiqualitative analysis using reservoir sedimentation rates

    Gert Verstraeten;Jean Poesen;Joris de Vente;Xenia Koninckx

  • Long-term effectiveness of sustainable land management practices to control runoff, soil erosion, and nutrient loss and the role of rainfall intensity in Mediterranean rainfed agroecosystems

    M. Martínez-Mena;E. Carrillo-López;C. Boix-Fayos;M. Almagro

  • The application of semi-quantitative methods and reservoir sedimentation rates for the prediction of basin sediment yield in Spain

    Joris de Vente;Jean Poesen;Gert Verstraeten

  • Predicting catchment sediment yield in Mediterranean environments: the importance of sediment sources and connectivity in Italian drainage basins

    Joris de Vente;Jean Poesen;Paolo Bazzoffi;Anton Van Rompaey

  • Soil carbon erosion and stock as affected by land use changes at the catchment scale in Mediterranean ecosystems

    Carolina Boix-Fayos;Joris de Vente;Juan Albaladejo;María Martínez-Mena

  • Why increased extreme precipitation under climate change negatively affects water security

    Joris P. C. Eekhout;Johannes E. Hunink;Wilco Terink;Joris de Vente

  • Specific sediment yield in Tigray-Northern Ethiopia: Assessment and semi-quantitative modelling

    Nigussie Haregeweyn;Nigussie Haregeweyn;Jean Poesen;Jan Nyssen;Jan Nyssen;Gert Verstraeten

  • ASSESSING THE PERFORMANCE OF A SPATIALLY DISTRIBUTED SOIL EROSION AND SEDIMENT DELIVERY MODEL (WATEM/SEDEM) IN NORTHERN ETHIOPIA

    N Haregeweyn;N Haregeweyn;J Poesen;G Verstraeten;G Govers

  • Sediment yield variability in Northern Ethiopia: A quantitative analysis of its controlling factors

    Nigussie Haregeweyn;Nigussie Haregeweyn;Jean Poesen;Jan Nyssen;Gerard Govers

  • Exploring effects of rainfall intensity and duration on soil erosion at the catchment scale using openLISEM: Prado catchment, SE Spain

    J.E.M. Baartman;V.G. Jetten;C.J. Ritsema;J. de Vente;J. de Vente

Frequent Co-Authors

Carolina Boix-Fayos
Carolina Boix-Fayos Spanish National Research Council
Jean Poesen
Jean Poesen KU Leuven
María Martínez-Mena
María Martínez-Mena Spanish National Research Council
Gerard Govers
Gerard Govers KU Leuven
Mark Reed
Mark Reed Scotland's Rural College
Nigussie Haregeweyn
Nigussie Haregeweyn Tottori University
Lindsay C. Stringer
Lindsay C. Stringer University of York

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