The role of pit‑mound microrelief in the redistribution of rainwater in forest soils: a natural legacy facilitating groundwater recharge?
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216305%3A26110%2F22%3APU143620" target="_blank" >RIV/00216305:26110/22:PU143620 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/62156489:43210/22:43921172 RIV/62156489:43410/22:43921172 RIV/62156489:43110/22:43921172 RIV/60460709:41330/22:91332
Result on the web
<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10342-022-01439-7" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10342-022-01439-7</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10342-022-01439-7" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10342-022-01439-7</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The role of pit‑mound microrelief in the redistribution of rainwater in forest soils: a natural legacy facilitating groundwater recharge?
Original language description
In commercial forest plantations dominated by Norway spruce (Picea abies L. Karst), the typically densely rooted forest floor and a poor understory contribute to the formation of surface or shallow hypodermic runoff, which limits the redistribution of infiltrated water to deeper soil layers. Pit-mound microrelief is a natural legacy in forest soils that originate from historical tree uprootings. This paper analyses the hydrological processes associated within the pit-mound microrelief based on the monitoring of soil electrical resistance (Rx). In two forested slopes, paired-tube profile probes were used to monitor the dynamics of Rx along four transects through pit-mound pairs at different soil depths. Cross-corelation analysis was used to detect the time-lag responses of deeper soil layers as compared to surface horizons within 15 pre-selected precipitation periods per site. Unlike other microsites, the Rx of deeper soil layers at pit microsites were mostly correlated to the Rx of surface horizons with a time lag of 0–6 h, demonstrating a fast redistribution of infiltrated water throughout the soil profile. Our results indicate that the pit-mound microrelief on forested slopes can positively contribute to the retention and redistribution of infiltrated water to the subsoil, not only through direct infiltration from the soil surface but also likely by the disruption and redirection of shallow lateral flow. Thereby, the pit-mound microrelief may facilitate groundwater recharge similarly as the technical measures that are currently used in arid and semiarid regions.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10501 - Hydrology
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/LF13019" target="_blank" >LF13019: A System of Monitoring of Selected Parameters of Porous Substances Using the EIS Method in a Wide Range of Applications</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH
ISSN
1612-4669
e-ISSN
1612-4677
Volume of the periodical
141
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
25
Pages from-to
1-25
UT code for WoS article
000756192000001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85124834154