system under study. Confidence intervals on the calibrated model parameters can be used to express the Model nonlinearity and parameter interdependence violate the use degree of uncertainty in these quantities, but calculation of a first-order approximation to obtain exact confidence intervals of of confidence intervals is far from straightforward beparameters in soil hydrologic models. In this...

ABSTRACT- The information on the spatial properties of soil is vital to improve soil management and to increase the crop productivity. Geostatistical analysis technique is one of the most important methods for determining the spatial properties of soil. The aim of this study was to investigate spatial variability of soil chemical and physical attributes for field management in eastern Shiraz, I...

Seed enhancement methods are applied to eliminate or decrease adverse environmental stresses effects and increase seed germination rate and vigor of rangeland plants. The aim of this study was to assess different methods of seed coating effects on germination speed of Onobrychis sativa at different sowing depths and soil moisture levels. The experiment was conducted at growth chamber to apply a...

The Pantanal is a biodiversity hotspot comprised of a mosaic of landforms that differ in vegetative assemblages and flooding dynamics. Tree islands provide refuge for terrestrial fauna during the flooding period and are particularly important to the regional ecosystem structure. Little soil CO₂ research has been conducted in this region. We evaluated soil CO₂ dynamics in relation to primary con...

For the elucidation of effects of a pesticide on life-cycle parameters of arthropods, applicable in the development of ecotoxicological test procedures with soil living animals, attention was drawn to body growth, which has previously been described as a sensitive parameter in Collembola. Body growth of the following three soil-dwelling arthropods was studied under the influence of dimethoate: ...

Mixing models help describe the contribution of liquid, gas, and solid phases to the bulk dielectric permittivity of porous materials. They are particularly useful when studying the electromagnetic properties of the vadose zone using TDR or GPR techniques. The objective of this research was to evaluate the Lichtenecker Mixing Model applied to undisturbed and repacked soil data collected with a ...

A major contributor to degradation on rangelands in the western United States is the expansion of undesirable annual weeds following wildfire or other disturbance. The Simultaneous Heat and Water (SHAW) model was applied to three soil types (loamy sand, sandy loam, and silt loam) to simulate near-surface soil temperature and water for predicting potential seed germination in post-wildfire reveg...

The aim of this paper is to analyze the potential of X-band SAR measurements (COSMO-SkyMed and TerraSAR-X) made over bare soils for the estimation of soil moisture and surface geometry parameters at a semi-arid site in Tunisia (North Africa). Radar signals acquired with different configurations (HH and VV polarizations, incidence angles of 26° and 36°) are statistically compared with ground mea...