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Soil hydrological properties of hedges of different ages on two soil reference soil groups in England

Authors/Creators

  • 1. EDMO icon Aarhus University
  • 2. University of Leeds

Description

Datasets to the manuscript: 

Biffi, S., P. J. Chapman, R. P. Grayson, and G. Ziv. 2026. " The Influence of Hedgerow Planting on the Hydrological Functioning of Two Agricultural Soil Reference Groups." Soil Use and Management 42, no. 1: e70179. https://doi.org/10.1111/sum.70179.

 

Tables description:

Biffi_et_al_2026_soil_char_and_saturated_hydr_conductivity_Ksat.csv : table of soil properties and saturated hydraulic conductivity Ksat at different depth intervals. Columns as: 

farm Farm ID
site Individual pairings of hedgerows and fields
type Hedge or Field sample
depth_range Sampling depth interval (cm) in format "upper_lower"
age_and_field_ordered_three_ages Age classes of hedges
soil_reference_group Soil reference group (cambisol/stagonosol)
BD_gcm3 Bulk density (g/cm3) as total sample mass and the coarse mass, divided by the total sample volume (note: this is not the  fine soil stock)
SOM_gkg Soil organic matter, measured as loss on ignition (g/kg)
TOC_gkg Total soil organic carbon (g/kg)
pH_H20 Soil pH in soil-water suspension
particle_density_gcm3 particle density (g/cm3)
porosity_cmcm3 Soil porosity (cm/cm3)
sand_perc Sand content (%)
silt_perc Silt content (%)
clay_perc Clay content (%)
Ksat_cms Saturated hydraulic conductivity Ksat (cm/s)
Ksat_mmh Saturated hydraulic conductivity Ksat (mm/s)

 

Biffi_et_al_2026_unsaturated_hydr_conductivity_K.csv : table of unsaturated hydraulic conductivity K measured in the field. Does not contain replicates excluded (see paper for details). Columns as:

farm Farm ID
site Individual pairings of hedgerows and fields
type Hedge or Field sample
age_and_field_ordered_three_ages Age classes of hedges
replicate Replicate number (1, 2 or 3)
K_0.5 Infiltration rate (K, cm s-1) at -0.5 cm tension
K_3 Infiltration rate (K, cm s-1) at -3 cm tension
K_6 Infiltration rate (K, cm s-1) at -6 cm tension
macropore_flow_percresc Macropore flow (%), rescaled
mesopore_flow_percresc Mesopore flow (%), rescaled
micropore_flow_percresc Micropore flow (%), rescaled
total_unscaled Sum of macro, meso, and micropore flows before rescaling

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Publication: 10.1111/sum.70179 (DOI)

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Resilience of the UK Food System Programme BB/R005664/1

Dates

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2026-01