Assessing Water Infiltration and Soil Water Repellency in Brazilian Atlantic Forest Soils
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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.
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OpenAlex topics: Fire effects on ecosystems · Landslides and related hazards · Soil and Unsaturated Flow
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Affiliations
Laboratory of Ecology and Forest Restoration (LERF), Department of Biological Sciences, ‘‘Luiz de Queiroz” College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Av. Pádua Dias 11, Piracicaba, SP 13418-900 Brazil
Department of Soil Science, ‘‘Luiz de Queiroz” College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Av. Pádua Dias 11, Piracicaba, SP 13418-900; Brazil
Forest Hydrology Laboratory, ‘‘Luiz de Queiroz” College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Av. Pádua Dias 11, Piracicaba, SP 13418-900, Brazil
Université de Lyon; UMR5023 Ecologie des Hydrosystèmes Naturels et Anthropisés, CNRS, ENTPE, Université Lyon 1, 3 rue Maurice Audin, 69518 Vaulx-en-Velin, France
Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Agriculture and Environment (CREA-AA), Via C. Ulpiani 5, 70125 Bari, Italy
Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Sassari, Viale Italia, 39, 07100 Sassari, Italy
Funding
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo · Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico · European Regional Development Fund
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