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Effect of forest floor characteristics on water repellency, infiltration, runoff and soil loss in Andisols of Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain)
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of the forest floor characteristics. The study results highlight the influential role played by the forest floor in infiltration and runoff. In pine forest, most of the rainwater remains in the duff and infiltration depends little therefore on the underlying
in infiltration and that soil properties control infiltration when hydrophilic or loose duff is present. Soil erosion is not influenced by forest floor and remains low.