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Effects of vegetation at different succession stages on soil properties and water flow in sandy soil

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The effects of vegetation at different succession stages on soil properties and water flow were assessed in sandy soil at 3 experimental sites near Sekule village (southwest Slovakia). Site S1 was a pioneer site dominated by mosses, site S2 was an early successional stage with a thin stand of grasses, and site S3 was an early successional stage (more advanced compared to the previous), richer in species, with a denser stand of grasses. It was found that vegetation at different succession stages affected soil properties and water flow in sandy soil, but the order of changes in some soil properties and water penetration depths were different from the order of succession stages.

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This contribution was supported by the Scientific Grant Agency VEGA Project No. 2/0054/14, grant agency APVV grant 0512-12, and bilateral agreement of the Slovak Academy of Sciences and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (project number SNK 5/2013 - NKM 5/2014). This publication is the result of the project implementation ITMS 26240120004 Centre of excellence for integrated flood protection of land supported by the Research & Development Operational Programme funded by the ERDF.

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  1. Institute of Hydrology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Račianska 75, SK-83102, Bratislava, Slovakia

    Peter Šurda, Ľubomír Lichner & Viliam Nagy

  2. Institute of Landscape Ecology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Štefánikova 3, SK-81499, Bratislava, Slovakia

    Jozef Kollár

  3. Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie e Forestali, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, I-90128, Palermo, Italy

    Massimo Iovino

  4. Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Herman Ottó út 15, H-1022, Budapest, Hungary

    Ágota Horel

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Šurda, P., Lichner, Ľ., Nagy, V. et al. Effects of vegetation at different succession stages on soil properties and water flow in sandy soil. Biologia 70, 1474–1479 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1515/biolog-2015-0172

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