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A modified water drop method for addressing the spatial variability of hydrophobicity within individual pedons

Soil Science Society of America Journal, Volume 90, Issue 4, July/August 2026.
Abstract The development of hydrophobic layers during wildfire is well‐documented. Tests are often performed on a few points at the mineral soil surface. However, this may not accurately capture the spatial extent of these layers laterally or vertically.
Benjamin C. Newcomb, Daniel R. Hirmas, Andrew Gray, Kevin Gaston, Nicholas Handman, Dustin L. Herrmann, Yujuan Chen   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Effects of Lantana camara L. on Soil Physicochemical Properties in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa

African Journal of Ecology, Volume 64, Issue 5, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Lantana camara L. is an invasive alien plant species that is recognised globally due to its extensive distribution and negative impacts on species diversity and ecosystem dynamics. Despite its extensive distribution in South Africa, its physicochemical impacts on soils are understudied. This study investigated the impacts of L.
Uviwe Bolosha, Sheunesu Ruwanza, Gladman Thondhlana, Charlie Shackleton   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modeling of water infiltration in hydrophobic‐over‐wettable two‐layer columns

Soil Science Society of America Journal, Volume 90, Issue 3, May/June 2026.
Abstract This paper presents a new piecewise model for simulating one‐dimensional infiltration curves in two‐layer finite columns consisting of a hydrophobic layer overlaying wettable soil. The model combines a physics‐based equation for infiltration in water‐repellent substrates with an analytical framework for ponded conditions.
D. Moret‐Fernández, B. Latorre, D. Yilmaz, S. Di Prima, R. Gracia, L. Lassabatere   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Testing soil water repellency in a Sicilian area two years after a fire

Journal of Agricultural Engineering, 2019
The water drop penetration time (WDPT) technique was applied in 2018 to check persistence of soil water repellency (SWR) in a Sicilian mountain area affected by a wildfire on June 2016.
Vincenzo Bagarello, Giuseppe Basile, Gaetano Caltabellotta, Giuseppe Giordano, Massimo Iovino   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Low‐intensity prescribed fire has no immediate impact on soil physical and chemical properties or enzymatic activity in the Post Oak Savanna ecoregion, Texas, USA

Agrosystems, Geosciences &Environment, Volume 9, Issue 1, March 2026.
Abstract The historic development of the Post Oak Savanna ecoregion in Texas, USA, was shaped by natural wildfires. However, wildfire suppression has caused an increase in encroaching woody species. To address this issue, land management strategies incorporate prescribed fire (PF) for the control of encroaching species.
Kathryn L. Watson, Jordan E. Gignac, Alejandro Atenas Navarrete, Leila Joharzadeh, Bismark Osei, Dinesh Phuyal, Chiranjibi Poudyal, Mingxiu Wang, Larissa Watkins, Opeyemi Alabi, Siddhartha Shankar Bhattacharyya, Nicholas Boogades, Achla Jha, Deepa Khadka, Dallas M. Williams, A. Peyton Smith, Briana M. Wyatt   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Wheat Yield Response to Organic Fertilisers Depends on Drought Timing in a Sandy Soil

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment, Volume 5, Issue 1, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Organic fertilisers enhance crop drought resilience by improving nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) use efficiency and soil‐plant water relations. However, the underlying mechanisms governing their effects across different drought timings in wheat under sandy soils remain unclear.
Muhammad Kamran, Petra Marschner, Aasma Parveen, Thi Hoang Ha Truong, Zhe H. Weng   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The southwest Kalahari dune field does not emit dust post‐fire despite a lack of vegetation and above‐threshold winds

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, Volume 51, Issue 2, February 2026.
The southwest Kalahari dune field has resident fine grains which may be emitted as mineral dust after protective vegetation is removed by fire. However, low wind speeds, high initial surface cover, and the protective effect of biocrusts result in the low possibility of the southwest Kalahari emitting dust post‐fire.
Rosemary A. Huck, David S. G. Thomas, Giles F. S. Wiggs   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Droplet infiltration dynamics and soil wettability related to soil organic matter of soil aggregate coatings and interiors

Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics, 2016
The organo-mineral coatings of soil aggregates, cracks, and biopores control sorption and macropore-matrix exchange during preferential flow, in particular in the clay-illuvial Bt-horizon of Luvisols.
Fér Miroslav, Leue Martin, Kodešová Radka, Gerke Horst H., Ellerbrock Ruth H.   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Water repellency in forest soils affected by fires and agricultural soils with different agricultural management and abandonment

Cuadernos de Investigación Geográfica, 2013
Soil water repellency determines the water available in the soil system, the runoff generation and the geomorphologic processes. This study examines the soil wettability during the summer of 2008 and 2009 in forest soils with different fire history, and ...
M. B. Bodí, A. Cerdà, J. Mataix-Solera, S. H. Doerr   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Small variations of soil properties control fire-induced water repellency [PDF]

Spanish Journal of Soil Science, 2014
Fire induced soil water repellency (WR) is controlled by many different factors (temperature reached, amount and type of fuel, etc.). Soil properties may determine the occurrence and intensity of this property in burned soils.
Jorge Mataix-Solera, Victoria Arcenegui, Lorena M. Zavala, Andrea Pérez-Bejarano, Antonio Jordán, Alicia Morugán-Coronado, Gema Bárcenas-Moreno, Patricia Jiménez-Pinilla, Elena Lozano, Arturo J.P. Granged, Juan Gil-Torres   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source