This study presents the results of the soil hydraulic characterization performed under three land covers, namely pasture, 9-year-old restored forest, and remnant forest, in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Two types of infiltration tests were performed, namely tension (Mini-Disk Infiltrometer, MDI) and ponding (Beerkan) tests. MDI and Beerkan tests provided complementary information, highlighting a clear increase of the hydraulic conductivity, especially at the remnant forest plots, when moving from near-saturated to saturated conditions. In addition, measuring the unsaturated soil hydraulic conductivity with different water pressure heads allowed the estimation of the macroscopic capillary length in the field. This approach, in conjunction with Beerkan measurements, allowed the design better estimates of the saturated soil hydraulic conductivity under challenging field conditions, such as soil water repellency (SWR). This research also reports, for the first time, evidence of SWR in the Atlantic Forest, which affected the early stage of the infiltration process with more frequency in the remnant forest.

Assessingwater infiltration and soil water repellency in Brazilian atlantic forest soils / Lozano-Baez, S. E.; Cooper, M.; de Barros Ferraz, S. F.; Rodrigues, R. R.; Lassabatere, L.; Castellini, M.; Di Prima, S.. - In: APPLIED SCIENCES. - ISSN 2076-3417. - 10:6(2020), p. 1950. [10.3390/app10061950]

Assessingwater infiltration and soil water repellency in Brazilian atlantic forest soils

Di Prima S.
2020-01-01

Abstract

This study presents the results of the soil hydraulic characterization performed under three land covers, namely pasture, 9-year-old restored forest, and remnant forest, in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Two types of infiltration tests were performed, namely tension (Mini-Disk Infiltrometer, MDI) and ponding (Beerkan) tests. MDI and Beerkan tests provided complementary information, highlighting a clear increase of the hydraulic conductivity, especially at the remnant forest plots, when moving from near-saturated to saturated conditions. In addition, measuring the unsaturated soil hydraulic conductivity with different water pressure heads allowed the estimation of the macroscopic capillary length in the field. This approach, in conjunction with Beerkan measurements, allowed the design better estimates of the saturated soil hydraulic conductivity under challenging field conditions, such as soil water repellency (SWR). This research also reports, for the first time, evidence of SWR in the Atlantic Forest, which affected the early stage of the infiltration process with more frequency in the remnant forest.
2020
Assessingwater infiltration and soil water repellency in Brazilian atlantic forest soils / Lozano-Baez, S. E.; Cooper, M.; de Barros Ferraz, S. F.; Rodrigues, R. R.; Lassabatere, L.; Castellini, M.; Di Prima, S.. - In: APPLIED SCIENCES. - ISSN 2076-3417. - 10:6(2020), p. 1950. [10.3390/app10061950]
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