Soil and Water Research, 2023 (vol. 18), issue 4
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Soil & Water Res., 2023, 18(4):I-IV 
Chemical relationships in earthworm casts of two urban green spaces indicate the earthworm contribution to urban nutrient cyclesOriginal Paper
Madalina Iordache, Iacob Borza, Valentina Andriucă
Soil & Water Res., 2023, 18(4):219-226 | DOI: 10.17221/26/2023-SWR
Due to the earthworms’ implications in nutrient cycles through their burrowing and casting activity, earthworms are worth considering when urban biogeochemical cycles are analysed. Several chemical parameters and their relationships were analysed in earthworm casts of two urban parks, namely the pH, total organic carbon (TOC), total nitrogen (Nt), plant available phosphorus (P), plant available potassium (K), and calcium water soluble (Ca). It was statistically significantly found that the TOC, Nt, P and K are reciprocally determined in the earthworm casts: 74.4% of the pH variability is co-determined by the N, P, K, TOC, and Ca contents; 95.9%...
Changes in soil properties due to land reclamation and climate change in South Moravian floodplain forestOriginal Paper
Luboš Sedlák, Soham Basu, Lubica Pospíšilová, Alois Prax, Jiří Kulhavý, Jakub Prudil, Hana Hornová, Tomáš Vichta
Soil & Water Res., 2023, 18(4):227-235 | DOI: 10.17221/34/2023-SWR
Land use changes together with riverbed regulations to avoid the annual floods affect the ecosystem of floodplain forests. Later subsequent revitalization measures, transboundary controlled river management, wetland restoration, and integrated planning were realized to reduce the negative effect of groundwater dropping and other environmental problems. This study aimed to follow the dynamic of groundwater level, soil properties and forest vitality as affected by climate change. The continuous dataset (2019–2022) of soil physical and hydrophysical parameters and tree radial growth parameters were obtained. Groundwater level was evaluated by z-score...
Changes in grassland area in lowlands and marginal uplands: Medium-term differences and potential for carbon farmingOriginal Paper
Jana Poláková, Anna Maroušková, Josef Holec, Michaela Kolářová, Jaroslava Janků
Soil & Water Res., 2023, 18(4):236-245 | DOI: 10.17221/65/2023-SWR
Grassland as a part of farmland is important for agrobiodiversity, soil protection and agricultural production (grazing, hay production). In the Czech Republic, grassland area increases with increasing altitude. In this study we evaluated the period 1966–2021 and the change in grassland area in different locations in South Bohemia region: fertile lowlands (Písek, České Budějovice, Tábor districts) and marginal uplands (Český Krumlov, Prachatice districts). Data on land use including the share of grassland were obtained from the Czech Cadastral and Surveying Office and Czech Statistical Office. In the upland districts, there is the largest share...
Seasonal variations of vegetative indices and their correlation with evapotranspiration and soil water storage in a small agricultural catchmentOriginal Paper
Tailin Li, Massimiliano Schiavo, David Zumr
Soil & Water Res., 2023, 18(4):246-268 | DOI: 10.17221/60/2023-SWR
A precise measurement of evapotranspiration (ET) and soil water storage (SWS) is necessary for crop management and understanding hydrological processes in agricultural catchments. In this study, we extracted the vegetative indices (VIs, including normalised difference vegetation index (NDVI), soil-adjusted vegetation index (SAVI), and enhanced vegetation index (EVI)) from satellite images of the Nučice catchment. We found a consistent seasonal pattern of VIs across the catchment with higher values and variation ranges during spring and summer and lower values and variation ranges during autumn and winter. Spatial variation of VIs also followed a seasonal...
Implications of surfactant application on soil hydrology, macronutrients, and organic carbon fractions: An integrative field studyOriginal Paper
Cansu Almaz, Recep Serdar Kara, Markéta Miháliková*, Svatopluk Matula
Soil & Water Res., 2023, 18(4):269-280 | DOI: 10.17221/88/2023-SWR
This study investigates the effects of repeated applications of the non-ionic soil surfactant H2Flo (ICL-SF Inc., Israel) on the soil water content, hydraulic conductivity, nutrient distribution, and organic carbon fractions (OCFs) in non-hydrophobic loamy sand soils under subsurface drip irrigation. Our results indicate that H2Flo treatment reduces both saturated and unsaturated hydraulic conductivity while promoting the uniform irrigation distribution, consistent with previous findings on surfactants’ effects on sandy soils. An increase in soil pH levels, organic carbon content, and extractable magnesium, calcium, and potassium was observed...
Soil organic matter quality of variously managed agricultural soil in the Czech Republic evaluated using DRIFT spectroscopyOriginal Paper
Lenka Pavlů, Jiří Balík, Simona Procházková, Petra Vokurková, Ivana Galušková, Ondřej Sedlář
Soil & Water Res., 2023, 18(4):281-291 | DOI: 10.17221/89/2023-SWR
This study focuses on the effect of agricultural soil management on soil organic matter (SOM) composition. The addition of manure and crop residues was tested under different pedoclimatic conditions. The quality of SOM was assessed using diffuse reflectance infrared spectroscopy. The following parameters were calculated from the spectra: sum of aliphatic bands (ΣAL), aromatic bands at wave numbers 1 620 and 1 520 cm–1 (AR1620 and AR1520), potential wettability (PWI), organic matter quality (OMQ), and decomposability (DI) indexes. The addition of manure or crop residues may not cause fundamental changes...