The availability of soil water, and the ability of plants to extract it, are important variables in
plant research. The matric potential has been a useful way to describe water status in a soil …

Moisture dynamics in brick, stone and concrete has a controlling influence on the durability
and performance of the built environment. Water Transport in Brick, Stone and Concrete …

Using a laboratory experiment, we investigated the effect of applying willow biochar to short
rotation coppice soil on C and N dynamics and microbial biomass and community …

Potential C and N mineralization and soil microbial biomass C (SMBC) are soil biological
properties important in understanding nutrient and organic matter dynamics. Knowledge of …

The dehydrogenase activity (DHA) in the upper 10 cm of forest soils was measured in three
experimental plots (1 ha) in Los Alcornocales Natural Park (southern Spain). In each plot, a …

To test whether the impact of drought on the growth and biomass allocation of first-season
shade-tolerant woody seedlings in low irradiance differs from that in high irradiance …

The effects of topographic position on water regime in a semideciduous tropical forest on
Barro Colorado Island in Panamá were assessed by measuring soil matric potential using …

Soil degradation has serious global impacts on agronomic, economic, and sociopolitical
conditions, however, statistics regarding the degree of these impacts has been largely …

The aim of the study was to assess the potential importance for Mediterranean plants of
trade-offs in the response to irradiance and water availability at the regeneration stage.• …

Diversity in seedling responses to combined shade and drought can drive species niche
differences, and thus natural forest and scrub establishment dynamics and diversity …