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Book ; Online: Advances in Ecohydrology for Water Resources Optimization in Arid and Semi-arid Areas

Castellini, Mirko / Di Prima, Simone / Stewart, Ryan / Biddoccu, Marcella / Rahmati, Mehdi / Alagna, Vincenzo

2022

Keywords	Technology: general issues ; Environmental science, engineering & technology ; sap flow ; water-limited ecosystem ; transpiration ; hysteresis ; nocturnal sap flow ; soil hydraulic conductivity ; aggregate stability ; soil porosity ; soil penetration resistance ; arid sandy land ; infiltration ; precipitation ; deep soil recharge ; freeze-thaw ; gully erosion ; runoff potential ; rainwater harvesting ; ecological restoration ; allophane ; Andisol ; readily soluble silicon ; sequential silicon extraction ; sociology of water use ; well owners ; groundwater ; water supplies ; infrastructure ; water-saving appliances ; diurnal fluctuations ; Phreatophyte ; semiarid ; wetland ; vegetation restoration ; evapotranspiration ; spatial and temporal ; water use efficiency ; Gleam Product ; cover crops ; inter-row management ; evapotranspiration modeling and partition ; FAO56 dual-Kc approach ; soil water balance ; viticulture ; soil structure ; pore volume distribution function ; bulk density ; macroporosity ; air capacity ; plant available water capacity ; relative field capacity ; S-index ; deep infiltration ; runoff ; forest restoration ; compost ; silicon ; soil water retention
Language	English
Size	1 electronic resource (196 pages)
Publisher	MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Publishing place	Basel
Document type	Book ; Online
Note	English
HBZ-ID	HT030378870
ISBN	9783036547480 ; 3036547487
Database	ZB MED Catalogue: Medicine, Health, Nutrition, Environment, Agriculture

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Article: Advances in Ecohydrology for Water Resources Optimization in Arid and Semi-Arid Areas

Castellini, Mirko / Di Prima, Simone / Stewart, Ryan / Biddoccu, Marcella / Rahmati, Mehdi / Alagna, Vincenzo

Water. 2022 June 07, v. 14, no. 12

2022

Abstract: Conserving water resources is a current challenge that will become increasingly urgent in future due to climate change. The arid and semi-arid areas of the globe are expected to be particularly affected by changes in water availability. Consequently, ... ...

Abstract	Conserving water resources is a current challenge that will become increasingly urgent in future due to climate change. The arid and semi-arid areas of the globe are expected to be particularly affected by changes in water availability. Consequently, advances in ecohydrology sciences, i.e., the interplay between ecological and hydrological processes, are necessary to enhance the understanding of the critical zone, optimize water resources’ usage in arid and semi-arid areas, and mitigate climate change. This Special Issue (SI) collected 10 original contributions on sustainable land management and the optimization of water resources in fragile environments that are at elevated risk due to climate change. In this context, the topics mainly concern transpiration, evapotranspiration, groundwater recharge, deep percolation, and related issues. The collection of manuscripts presented in this SI represents knowledge of ecohydrology. It is expected that ecohydrology will have increasing applications in the future. Therefore, it is realistic to assume that efforts to increase environmental sustainability and socio-economic development, with water as a central theme, will have a greater chance of success.
Keywords	climate change ; evapotranspiration ; groundwater recharge ; risk ; socioeconomic development ; sustainable land management ; transpiration ; water
Language	English
Dates of publication	2022-0607
Publishing place	Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Document type	Article
ZDB-ID	2521238-2
ISSN	2073-4441
ISSN	2073-4441
DOI	10.3390/w14121830
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Article: Laboratory evaluation of falling-head infiltration for saturated soil hydraulic conductivity determination

Concialdi, Paola / Bagarello, Vincenzo / Alagna, Vincenzo / Iovino, Massimo

Journal of agricultural engineering. 2019 Oct. 08, v. 51, no. 1

2019

Abstract: Falling-head one-dimensional infiltration procedures, such as the simplified falling-head (SFH) technique, yield estimates of saturated soil hydraulic conductivity, Ks, with parsimonious and rapid experiments. Factors that can influence determination of ... ...

Abstract	Falling-head one-dimensional infiltration procedures, such as the simplified falling-head (SFH) technique, yield estimates of saturated soil hydraulic conductivity, Ks, with parsimonious and rapid experiments. Factors that can influence determination of Ks by the SFH technique were tested in the laboratory on three repacked soils differing by particle diameter ranges (0-2000, 0-105 and 105-2000 2m, respectively). Using the theoretically calculated depth of ponding on the infiltration surface, D, instead of the measured one had a small impact on the Ks calculations (means differing by a factor of 1.1-1.2, depending on the soil). For the finest soil, Ks decreased by 3.1 times as D increased from 40 to 135 mm but D did not affect Ks for the coarsest soil, yielding in general the highest Ks values. The abrupt increase of the infiltration rate close to the end of the run did not influence appreciably Ks calculations since it determined an increase in Ks by a mean factor never exceeding 1.1. The most frequent result of the developed procedure for estimating the α* parameter was failure of the experiment although the valid α* calculations were plausible, being higher for the coarse textured soil (17 m–1) than the finer soils (9.2-9.3 m–1). The depth of the wetting front at the end of the run was 1.1-1.2 times deeper than that calculated theoretically before the run, depending on the soil. In conclusion, the method used to determine D should not affect very much Ks determination but larger D values can yield smaller Ks values in fine-textured soils. Air escapes from the sampled soil volume when almost all water had infiltrated but this circumstance does not have a great impact on calculation of Ks. A falling-head one-dimensional ponded infiltration process is not recommended to estimate α*. The theoretical depth of the wetting front can approximately be predicted before the run. The SFH technique appears a rather robust method to simply and rapidly determine Ks.
Keywords	fine-textured soils ; hydraulic conductivity ; infiltration rate ; particle size ; soil texture ; wetting front
Language	English
Dates of publication	2019-1008
Publishing place	PAGEPress Publications
Document type	Article
ISSN	1974-7071
DOI	10.4081/jae.2019.1003
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Article ; Online: Intracorporeal anastomosis versus extracorporeal anastomosis after laparoscopic right hemicolectomy for colon cancer: morbidity comparison at long-term follow-up.

Veneroni, Simone / Palini, Gian M / Pirrera, Basilio / Fantini, Enrico / Monari, Francesco / Alagna, Vincenzo / Vallicelli, Carlo / Garulli, Gianluca

Minerva surgery

2022 Volume 77, Issue 6, Page(s) 531–535

Abstract: Background: Minimally invasive right hemicolectomy is nowadays considered the gold standard for treatment of malignant right colon disease. What is still debated is instead the choice between intracorporeal or extracorporeal anastomosis. The aim of this ...

Abstract	Background: Minimally invasive right hemicolectomy is nowadays considered the gold standard for treatment of malignant right colon disease. What is still debated is instead the choice between intracorporeal or extracorporeal anastomosis. The aim of this study was to compare morbidity and the long-term results between these two techniques. Methods: This retrospective, double-center cohort study was performed between January 2013 and December 2014. A total of 197 patients were enrolled after laparoscopic right hemicolectomy for malignant disease. The extracorporeal anastomosis group (ECA) included 95 patients, while the intracorporeal anastomosis group (ICA) included 102 patients. All patients were followed up for 5 years after surgery. Data analysis was performed in February 2021. Results: The ICA group showed a reduced rate of non-surgical complications Clavien-Dindo grade I-II (10% vs. 31%; P=0.001) as well as a lower rate of wound infections (2% vs. 12%; P=0.01). Most importantly, a decreased risk of incisional hernias in a five-year follow-up period (1% vs. 8%; P=0.01) has been underlined. Conclusions: Intracorporeal anastomosis technique after totally laparoscopic right hemicolectomy showed better outcomes as it significantly reduces the risk for short and long-term complications, namely, incisional hernias.
MeSH term(s)	Humans ; Follow-Up Studies ; Incisional Hernia/surgery ; Retrospective Studies ; Cohort Studies ; Anastomosis, Surgical/adverse effects ; Laparoscopy/adverse effects ; Colectomy/adverse effects ; Colonic Neoplasms/surgery ; Morbidity
Language	English
Publishing date	2022-03-01
Publishing country	Italy
Document type	Journal Article
ZDB-ID	3067899-7
ISSN	2724-5438
ISSN (online)	2724-5438
DOI	10.23736/S2724-5691.22.09281-4
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Article: Alternative analysis of transient infiltration experiment to estimate soil water repellency

Alagna, Vincenzo / Jorge Mataix‐Solera / Lubomir Lichner / Massimo Iovino / Vincenzo Bagarello

Hydrological processes. 2019 Feb. 15, v. 33, no. 4

2019

Abstract: The repellency index (RI) defined as the adjusted ratio between soil‐ethanol, Se, and soil‐water, Sw, sorptivities estimated from minidisk infiltrometer experiments has been used instead of the widely used water drop penetration time and molarity of ... ...

Abstract	The repellency index (RI) defined as the adjusted ratio between soil‐ethanol, Se, and soil‐water, Sw, sorptivities estimated from minidisk infiltrometer experiments has been used instead of the widely used water drop penetration time and molarity of ethanol drop tests to assess soil water repellency. However, sorptivity calculated by the usual early‐time infiltration equation may be overestimated as the effects of gravity and lateral capillary are neglected. With the aim to establish the best applicative procedure to assess RI, different approaches to estimate Se and Sw were compared that make use of both the early‐time infiltration equation (namely, the 1 min, S1, and the short‐time linearization approaches), and the two‐term axisymmetric infiltration equation, valid for early to intermediate times (namely, the cumulative linearization and differentiated linearization approaches). The dataset included 85 minidisk infiltrometer tests conducted in three sites in Italy and Spain under different vegetation habitats (forest of Pinus pinaster and Pinus halepensis, burned pine forest, and annual grasses), soil horizons (organic and mineral), postfire treatments, and initial soil water contents. The S1 approach was inapplicable in 42% of experiments as water infiltration did not start in the first minute. The short‐time linearization approach yielded a systematic overestimation of Se and Sw that resulted in an overestimation of RI by a factor of 1.57 and 1.23 as compared with the cumulative linearization and differentiated linearization approaches. A new repellency index, RIs, was proposed as the ratio between the slopes of the linearized data for the wettable and hydrophobic stages obtained by a single water infiltration test. For the experimental conditions considered, RIs was significantly correlated with RI and WDPT. Compared with RI, RIs includes information on both soil sorptivity and hydraulic conductivity and, therefore, it can be considered more physically linked to the hydrological processes affected by soil water repellency.
Keywords	annuals ; coniferous forests ; data collection ; equations ; ethanol ; grasses ; gravity ; habitats ; hydraulic conductivity ; hydrophobicity ; infiltrometers ; Pinus halepensis ; Pinus pinaster ; soil horizons ; soil water ; water repellent soils ; Italy ; Spain
Language	English
Dates of publication	2019-0215
Size	p. 661-674.
Publishing place	John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Document type	Article
Note	JOURNAL ARTICLE
ZDB-ID	1479953-4
ISSN	1099-1085 ; 0885-6087
ISSN (online)	1099-1085
ISSN	0885-6087
DOI	10.1002/hyp.13352
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Article: Impact of climate, soil properties and grassland cover on soil water repellency

Sándor, Renáta / Iovino, Massimo / Lichner, Lubomir / Alagna, Vincenzo / Forster, Daniel / Fraser, Mariecia / Kollár, Jozef / Šurda, Peter / Nagy, Viliam / Szabó, Anita / Fodor, Nándor

Geoderma. 2021 Feb. 01, v. 383

2021

Abstract: Numerous soil water repellency (SWR) studies have investigated the possible causes of this temporal phenomenon, yet there remains a lack of knowledge on the order of importance of the main driving forces of SWR in the context of changing environmental ... ...

Abstract	Numerous soil water repellency (SWR) studies have investigated the possible causes of this temporal phenomenon, yet there remains a lack of knowledge on the order of importance of the main driving forces of SWR in the context of changing environmental conditions under grassland ecosystems. To study the separate and combined effects of soil texture, climate, and grassland cover type on inducing or altering SWR, four sites from different climatic and soil regions were selected: Ciavolo (CI, IT), Csólyospálos (CSP, HU), Pwllpeiran (PW, UK), Sekule (SE, SK). The investigated parameters were the extent (determined by repellency indices RI, RIc and RIₘ) and persistence (determined by water drop penetration time (WDPT) and water repellency cessation time, WRCT) of SWR, as well as field water (Sw) and ethanol (Sₑ) sorptivity, water sorptivity of hydrophobic soil state (Swₕ) water sorptivity of nearly wettable soil state (Sww) and field hydraulic conductivity (K). Our findings showed an area of land has a greater likelihood of being water repellent if it has a sandy soil texture and/or a high frequency of prolonged drought events. Water infiltration was positively correlated with all the sorptivities (r = 0.32–0.88), but was mostly negatively correlated with RI (r = – 0.54 at CI), WDPT (r = – 0.47 at CI) and WRCT (r = – 0.58 at CI). The importance of natural and synanthropized vegetation covers with regards to SWR was not coherent; moving to regions having coarser texture or moving to drier climatic zones led to higher risk of SWR conditions. Climate change has been predicted to lead to more frequent extreme weather events and prolonged dry periods across Europe, which will most likely increase the extent of SWR-affected areas and increase the role of SWR in water management of grassland ecosystems. Therefore, there is a need to determine SWR risk zones to prevent decreases in soil moisture content, soil fertility, carbon and nitrogen sink potentials, as well as biomass production of the related agro-ecosystems.
Keywords	agroecosystems ; biomass production ; carbon ; climate change ; drought ; ethanol ; grasslands ; hydraulic conductivity ; hydrophobicity ; nitrogen ; range management ; risk ; sandy soils ; soil fertility ; soil texture ; soil water content ; texture ; water management ; water repellent soils
Language	English
Dates of publication	2021-0201
Publishing place	Elsevier B.V.
Document type	Article
Note	NAL-AP-2-clean
ZDB-ID	281080-3
ISSN	1872-6259 ; 0016-7061
ISSN (online)	1872-6259
ISSN	0016-7061
DOI	10.1016/j.geoderma.2020.114780
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Article: A test of water pouring height and run intermittence effects on single‐ring infiltration rates

Alagna, Vincenzo / Massimo Iovino / Noemi Cecere / Paola Concialdi / Vincenzo Bagarello

Hydrological processes. 2018 Dec. 15, v. 32, no. 25

2018

Abstract: Assessing how the infiltration process depends on the water impact energy improves interpretation of hydrological processes. Impact energies vary with the height of water pouring; that is, the distance between the water delivery point and the soil ... ...

Abstract	Assessing how the infiltration process depends on the water impact energy improves interpretation of hydrological processes. Impact energies vary with the height of water pouring; that is, the distance between the water delivery point and the soil surface. The effects of the height of water pouring on infiltration in an initially near saturated soil can be tested in the field by two repeated Beerkan infiltration runs separated by a short pause (30 min) and using both low (non‐perturbing) and high (perturbing) heights of water application. The double two‐stage Beerkan run methodology was applied in two soils. The infiltration rate at the end of the perturbing stage of the experiment was 0.2–0.3 (sandy‐loam soil) and 0.15 (loam soil) times that obtained with the initial, nonperturbing stage whereas, without any perturbing effect, infiltration rates at the end of the second run were 0.5 times those at the end of the first run. Therefore, the methodology distinguished between a decrease in infiltration rate due to water redistribution during the pause and that attributable to soil surface perturbation. Maintaining a small depth of water (10 mm) on the infiltration surface was not an alternative to the classical Beerkan run for the non‐perturbing stage of the experiment since two times higher infiltration rates were measured with a greater hydrostatic pressure. In conclusion, the relationship between infiltration into an initially near saturated soil and the energy of the applied water can be determined directly in the field at any time with a simple and parsimonious experiment. This circumstance could improve soil hydraulic characterization for interpreting and simulating hydrological processes.
Keywords	energy ; hydrostatic pressure ; infiltration rate ; loam soils ; sandy loam soils
Language	English
Dates of publication	2018-1215
Size	p. 3793-3804.
Publishing place	John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Document type	Article
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ZDB-ID	1479953-4
ISSN	1099-1085 ; 0885-6087
ISSN (online)	1099-1085
ISSN	0885-6087
DOI	10.1002/hyp.13290
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Article: Using Beerkan experiments to estimate hydraulic conductivity of a crusted loamy soil in a Mediterranean vineyard

Alagna, Vincenzo / Vincenzo Bagarello / Simone Di Prima / Fabio Guaitoli / Massimo Iovino / Saskia Keesstra / Artemi Cerdà

Vodohospodársky časopis. 2019 June 01, v. 67, no. 2

2019

Abstract: In bare soils of semi-arid areas, surface crusting is a rather common phenomenon due to the impact of raindrops. Water infiltration measurements under ponding conditions are becoming largely applied techniques for an approximate characterization of ... ...

Abstract	In bare soils of semi-arid areas, surface crusting is a rather common phenomenon due to the impact of raindrops. Water infiltration measurements under ponding conditions are becoming largely applied techniques for an approximate characterization of crusted soils. In this study, the impact of crusting on soil hydraulic conductivity was assessed in a Mediterranean vineyard (western Sicily, Italy) under conventional tillage. The BEST (Beerkan Estimation of Soil Transfer parameters) algorithm was applied to the infiltration data to obtain the hydraulic conductivity of crusted and uncrusted soils. Soil hydraulic conductivity was found to vary during the year and also spatially (i.e., rows vs. inter-rows) due to crusting, tillage and vegetation cover. A 55 mm rainfall event resulted in a decrease of the saturated soil hydraulic conductivity, Kₛ, by a factor of 1.6 in the inter-row areas, due to the formation of a crusted layer at the surface. The same rainfall event did not determine a Kₛ reduction in the row areas (i.e., Kₛ decreased by a non-significant factor of 1.05) because the vegetation cover intercepted the raindrops and therefore prevented alteration of the soil surface. The developed ring insertion methodology on crusted soil, implying pre-moistening through the periphery of the sampled surface, together with the very small insertion depth of the ring (0.01 m), prevented visible fractures. Consequently, Beerkan tests carried out along and between the vine-rows and data analysis by the BEST algorithm allowed to assess crusting-dependent reductions in hydraulic conductivity with extemporaneous measurements alone. The reliability of the tested technique was also confirmed by the results of the numerical simulation of the infiltration process in a crusted soil. Testing the Beerkan infiltration run in other crusted soils and establishing comparisons with other experimental methodologies appear advisable to increase confidence on the reliability of the method that seems suitable for simple characterization of crusted soils.
Keywords	algorithms ; conventional tillage ; hydraulic conductivity ; loam soils ; mathematical models ; rain ; semiarid zones ; vegetation cover ; vineyards ; Italy ; Sicily
Language	English
Dates of publication	2019-0601
Size	p. 191-200.
Publishing place	Sciendo
Document type	Article
ZDB-ID	2503779-1
ISSN	0042-790X
ISSN	0042-790X
DOI	10.2478/johh-2018-0023
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Article ; Online: Intraoperative endoscopy with immediate suture reinforcement of the defect in colorectal anastomosis: a pilot study.

Vallicelli, Carlo / Pirrera, Basilio / Alagna, Vincenzo / Fantini, Enrico / Palini, Gian Marco / Zanini, Nicola / Garulli, Gianluca

Updates in surgery

2020 Volume 72, Issue 4, Page(s) 999–1004

Abstract: Colorectal anastomosis is the one at higher risk of complication in alimentary tract surgery. Several techniques have been used to intraoperatively check a colorectal anastomosis, without reaching a clear consensus. The aim of the present study is to ... ...

Abstract	Colorectal anastomosis is the one at higher risk of complication in alimentary tract surgery. Several techniques have been used to intraoperatively check a colorectal anastomosis, without reaching a clear consensus. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the addition of intraoperative flexible endoscopy to indocyanine green fluorescence in detecting colorectal anastomotic defects in a consecutive series of patients. This was a pilot study conducted over a 15-month period. Patients were scheduled for an elective laparoscopic left colectomy or anterior resection with a planned stapled colorectal anastomosis. Pre-, intra- and postoperative data were collected. Intraoperative endoscopy was routinely performed and the anastomotic defects were classified. A suture reinforcement of the defect encountered was immediately performed either laparoscopically or transanally. The primary endpoint of the study was the rate of postoperative complications. Fitfty-two patients were enrolled. At intraoperative endoscopy, 12 anastomotic defects were detected and corrected with immediate suture reinforcement. Defects were classified as two leaks, two mucosal crash, one simultaneous leak and crash, one mucosal edema and six active bleedings. None of these patients developed any postoperative complication. Moreover, there was no postoperative bleeding complication in the entire cohort. The three patients developing a postoperative leak requiring anastomosis takedown were at high risk due to general status and cancer characteristics. Even though more data and a comparative group are needed, the results of this pilot study are very promising regarding the role of intraoperative endoscopy and suture reinforcement of a colorectal anastomotic defect.
MeSH term(s)	Adult ; Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Anastomosis, Surgical/adverse effects ; Anastomotic Leak/diagnosis ; Anastomotic Leak/etiology ; Anastomotic Leak/surgery ; Colectomy/methods ; Colon/surgery ; Endoscopy ; Female ; Humans ; Indocyanine Green ; Intraoperative Complications/diagnosis ; Intraoperative Complications/etiology ; Intraoperative Complications/surgery ; Laparoscopy/methods ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Pilot Projects ; Pliability ; Rectum/surgery ; Retrospective Studies ; Suture Techniques
Chemical Substances	Indocyanine Green (IX6J1063HV)
Language	English
Publishing date	2020-03-17
Publishing country	Italy
Document type	Journal Article
ZDB-ID	2572692-4
ISSN	2038-3312 ; 2038-131X
ISSN (online)	2038-3312
ISSN	2038-131X
DOI	10.1007/s13304-020-00746-1
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Article: Application of minidisk infiltrometer to estimate water repellency in Mediterranean pine forest soils

Alagna, Vincenzo / Massimo Iovino / Vincenzo Bagarello / Jorge Mataix-Solera / Ľubomír Lichner

Vodohospodársky časopis. 2017 July 22, v. 65, no. 3

2017

Abstract: Assessment of soil water repellency (SWR) was conducted in the decomposed organic floor layer (duff) and in the mineral soil layer of two Mediterranean pine forests, one in Italy and the other in Spain, by the widely-used water drop penetration time ( ... ...

Abstract	Assessment of soil water repellency (SWR) was conducted in the decomposed organic floor layer (duff) and in the mineral soil layer of two Mediterranean pine forests, one in Italy and the other in Spain, by the widely-used water drop penetration time (WDPT) test and alternative indices derived from infiltration experiments carried out by the minidisk infiltrometer (MDI). In particular, the repellency index (RI) was calculated as the adjusted ratio between ethanol and water soil sorptivities whereas the water repellency cessation time (WRCT) and the specifically proposed modified repellency index (RIₘ) were derived from the hydrophobic and wettable stages of a single water infiltration experiment. Time evolution of SWR and vegetation cover influence was also investigated at the Italian site. All indices unanimously detected severe SWR conditions in the duff of the pine forests. The mineral subsoils in the two forests showed different wettability and the clay-loam subsoil at Ciavolo forest was hydrophobic even if characterized by organic matter (OM) content similar to the wettable soil of an adjacent glade. It was therefore assumed that the composition rather than the total amount of OM influenced SWR. The hydraulic conductivity of the duff differed by a factor of 3.8–5.8 between the two forested sites thus influencing the vertical extent of SWR. Indeed, the mineral subsoil of Javea showed wettable or weak hydrophobic conditions probably because leaching of hydrophobic compounds was slowed or prevented at all. Estimations of SWR according to the different indices were in general agreement even if some discrepancies were observed. In particular, at low hydrophobicity levels the SWR indices gathered from the MDI tests were able to signal sub-critical SWR conditions that were not detected by the traditional WDPT index. The WRCT and modified repellency index RIₘ yielded SWR estimates in reasonable agreement with those obtained with the more cumbersome RI test and, therefore, can be proposed as alternative procedures for SWR assessment.
Keywords	Pinus ; coniferous forests ; ethanol ; forest soils ; hydraulic conductivity ; hydrophobicity ; infiltration (hydrology) ; infiltrometers ; leaching ; mineral soils ; organic matter ; soil organic matter ; soil water ; vegetation cover ; water repellent soils ; wettability ; Italy ; Spain
Language	English
Dates of publication	2017-0722
Size	p. 254-263.
Publishing place	De Gruyter Open
Document type	Article
ZDB-ID	2503779-1
ISSN	0042-790X
ISSN	0042-790X
DOI	10.1515/johh-2017-0009
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