The soil water retention curve (SWRC) or soil–water characteristic curve (SWCC) is a
fundamental feature of unsaturated soil that simply shows the relationship between soil …

Core Ideas We propose a Hydrophysical Database for Brazilian Soils (HYBRAS). Data in
HYBRAS comprise 445 soil profiles, with 1075 samples of Brazilian soils. We compared the …

Pedotransfer functions (PTFs) make use of routinely surveyed soil data to estimate soil
properties but their application to soils different from those used for their development can …

Soil saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ks) is a key property in hydrological and environmental
studies. As its measurement is unfortunately cumbersome, pedotransfer functions (PTFs) …

Background Soil animal communities include more than 40 higher-order taxa, representing
over 23% of all described species. These animals have a wide range of feeding sources and …

Appropriate management of irrigation and drainage, which require the information of soil
water retention characteristics (SWRC), is of crucial importance for sustainable paddy rice …

Modeling soil water dynamics is important to support decision in planning and management
policies. Field capacity (FC) is an important parameter in this context and its proper …

There is a lack of information and studies investigating physical and chemical properties of
silty soils that occur in the western part of the Amazon region, especially in the State of Acre …

The determination of soil hydraulic properties is laborious and expensive, especially in large-
scale applications. One often used substitute for measured hydraulic properties are …

Soil water retention curve (SWRC) and hydraulic conductivity curve (SHCC) are functions
that contribute to the understanding and modeling of hydraulic processes in the vadose …