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Quantitative experimental study on the apparent contact angle of unsaturated loess and its application in soil–water characteristics curve modeling

Vadose Zone Journal, Volume 23, Issue 6, November/December 2024.
Abstract Advancing and receding water contact angles, often denoted as the maximum and minimum apparent water contact angles, are crucial parameters reflecting a soil's water holding capacity. These parameters play an important role in establishing theoretical soil–water characteristic curves (SWCCs) for unsaturated soils.
Yingpeng Fu, Ling Xu, Hongjian Liao
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Continuous Monitoring of Vegetation and Soil Recovery After Eucalyptus grandis Removal in Dense Trees and Shrubs Areas

African Journal of Ecology, Volume 62, Issue 3, September 2024.
ABSTRACT Invasion by invasive alien plants is a global challenge and South Africa has invested billions of Rands to manage invaders through the Working for Water programme. However, regular monitoring after alien plant clearing is hardly done, yet it forms the basis for assessing clearing programme effectiveness, particularly ecosystem recovery ...
Sheunesu Ruwanza
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Spatial patterns of wetting characteristics in grassland sandy soil

Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics, 2016
In grasslands where organic and inorganic resources are alternating at scales of individual plants, the transient character is given to certain wetting properties of soil, which then become highly variable both in space and in time.
Orfánus Tomáš, Stojkovová Dagmar, Rajkai Kálmán, Czachor Henryk, Sándor Renáta   +4 more
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Differential effects on soil water repellency of Eucalyptus and Pinus plantations replacing natural pastures [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo
Land-use changes from native pastures to forest plantations in humid temperate areas have raised concerns about their potential impact on the environment.
Maximiliano González-Sosa, Pablo González-Barrios, Oscar José Bentancur, Mario Pérez-Bidegain   +3 more
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Impacts of grass removal on wetting and actual water repellency in a sandy soil

Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics, 2017
Soil water content and actual water repellency were assessed for soil profiles at two sites in a bare and grasscovered plot of a sand pasture, to investigate the impact of the grass removal on both properties.
Oostindie Klaas, Dekker Louis W., Wesseling Jan G., Geissen Violette, Ritsema Coen J.   +4 more
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Identifying the origin of soil water repellency at regional level using multiple soil characteristics: The White Carpathians and Myjavska pahorkatina Upland case study

Soil and Water Research, 2015
This paper evaluates the relationship between water repellency and multiple characteristics of topsoil samples belonging to seven Reference Soil Groups, taken from the area of the White Carpathians and the Myjavska pahorkatina Upland.
Lucia KOŘENKOVÁ, Ivan ŠIMKOVIC, Pavel DLAPA, Bohdan JURÁNI, Peter MATÚŠ   +4 more
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Soil water repellency of two disturbed soils contaminated with different agricultural microplastics tested under controlled laboratory conditions

Geoderma
Soil water repellency (SWR) significantly affects plant growth, along with surface and subsurface hydrology, posing a challenge for agricultural productivity and environmental sustainability.
Železnikar Špela, Drobne Damjana, Hočevar Matej, Noč Matic, Pintar Marina   +4 more
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Nutrient Profiling and Water Repellency of Cover Crop Residues in Southern United States Agroecosystems

Soil Systems
Integrating cover crops (CCs) into crop rotations has gained interest in the Southeastern United States due to the benefits that CCs offer, which improve soil health for agricultural production.
Payton B. Davis, Dara M. Park, Brook T. Russell, Debabrata Sahoo   +3 more
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Heat-induced alterations in moisture-dependent repellency of water-repellent forest soils: A laboratory approach with Japanese Andosols

Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics
Soil water repellency (SWR) is a phenomenon that prevents the spontaneous wetting of numerous forest soils. It is a moisture-dependent characteristic, which disappears when soil moisture reaches near saturation.
Perera H.T.M., Mori Yasushi, Maeda Morihiro, Leelamanie D.A.L.   +3 more
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Dye Tracer Visualization of Infiltration Patterns in Soils on Relict Charcoal Hearths

Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2018
Anthropogenically modified soils are often characterized by a high heterogeneity of substrates and show unique patterns of water infiltration. Such effects are not limited to intensively used or disturbed agricultural and technogenic soils, but can also ...
Anna Schneider, Florian Hirsch, Alexandra Raab, Alexandra Raab, Thomas Raab   +4 more
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