Knowing soil hydraulic properties is essential to support soil use and management practices;however,their measuring is commonly expensive and time-consuming.Thus,pedotransfer functions(PTFs)have been used to quantify ...
This study was financially supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2016YFC0400204);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.52079105,51779205 and 51479161);and the Public welfare industry research special project(Grant No.201203003);The authors acknowledge the anonymous reviewers and the editor for their valuable comments and suggestions.
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