Foreword to the Thematic Issue on Biohydrology

415

Aamlid T.S., Larsbo M. & Jarvis N., Effects of surfactant use and peat amendment on leaching of fungicides and nitrate from golf greens

419

An S.S., Mentler A., Acosta-Martínez V. & Blum W.E.H., Soil microbial parameters and stability of soil aggregate fractions under different grassland communities on the Loess Plateau, China

424

Cammeraat E.L.H. & Kooijman A.M., Biological control of pedological and hydro-geomorphological processes in a deciduous forest ecosystem

428

Cardoso M., Nobre C., Sampaio G., Hirota H., Valeriano D. & Camara G., Long-term potential for tropical-forest degradation due to deforestation and fires in the Brazilian Amazon

433

de Rooij G.H., van der Ploeg M.J., Gooren H.P.A., Bakker G., Hoogendam C.W., Huiskes C., Kruidhof H. & Koopal L.K., Measuring very negative water potentials with polymer tensiometers: principles, performance, and applications

438

Goebel M.-O., Woche S.K. & Bachmann J., Do soil aggregates really protect encapsulated organic matter against microbial decomposition?

443

Horn R., Peth S.: Soil structure formation and management effects on gas emission

449

Lapin M., Gera M., Hrvoľ J., Melo M. & Tomlain J., Possible impacts of climate change on hydrologic cycle in Slovakia and results of observations in 1951–2007

454

Salvucci A.E., Zhang W., Morales V.L., Cakmak M.E., Hay A.G. & Steenhuis T.S., The impact of biofilm-forming potential and tafi production on transport of environmental Salmonella through unsaturated porous media

460

Šimůnek J., Jacques D., Twarakavi N.K.C. & van Genuchten M.Th., Selected HYDRUS modules for modeling subsurface flow and contaminant transport as influenced by biological processes at various scales

465

Smettem K.R.J., The relation between runoff generation and temporal stability of soil macropores in a fine sandy loam

470

Kitano M., Urayama K., Sakata Y., Sonoda Y., Ebihara K., Sago Y., Yoshikoshi H., Araki T., Yasutake D., Cho H. & Kobayashi T., Water and salt movement in soil driven by crop roots: a controlled column study

474

Kobayashi T., Teshima J., Mori M., Yasutake D., Wang W. & Cho H., Identification of the composite parameters of the BBH-B model specifying the effects of biohydrologic processes on the water balance of crop fields

478

Novák V., Lichner Ľ., Zhang B. & Kňava K., The impact of heating on the hydraulic properties of soils sampled under different plant cover

483

Pekárová P., Miklánek P., Onderka M. & Kohnová S., Water balance comparison of two small experimental basins with different vegetation cover

487

Fišák J., Stoyanova V., Tesař M., Petrova P., Daskalova N., Tsacheva T. & Marinov M., The pollutants in rime and fog water and in air at Milesovka Observatory (Czech Republic)

492

Hernádi H., Farkas Cs., Makó A., Hagyó A. & Máté F., Climate sensitivity of soil water regime of different Hungarian Chernozem soil subtypes

496

Saue T., Kadaja J., Modelling crop yield response to precipitation redistribution on slopes

502

Střelcová K., Kučera J., Fleischer P., Giorgi S., Gömöryová E., Škvarenina J. & Ditmarová L., Canopy transpiration of mountain mixed forest as a function of environmetal conditions in boundary layer

507

Aliasgharzad N., Bolandnazar S.A., Neyshabouri M.R. & Chaparzadeh N., Impact of soil sterilization and irrigation intervals on P and K acquisition by mycorrhizal onion (Allium cepa L.)

512

Amer A.M., Moisture adsorption capacity and surface area as deduced from vapour pressure isotherms in relation to hygroscopic water of soils

516

Baja S., Ramli M. & Lias S.A, Spatial-based assessment of land use, soil erosion, and water protection in the Jeneberang valley, Indonesia

522

Cerda A., Jurgensen M.F. & Bodi M.B., Effects of ants on water and soil losses from organically-managed citrus orchards in eastern Spain

527

Gordon D.C. & Hallett P.D., Rise in CO₂ affects soil water transport through repellency

532

Huzsvai L. & Rajkai K.: Modeling of plant adaptation to climatic drought induced water deficit

536

Jafarzadeh A.A., Shahbazi F. & Shahbazi M.R., Suitability evaluation of some specific crops in Souma area (Iran), using Cervatana and Almagra models

541

Kändler M. & Seidler C., Erosion processes alter water quality in a stream within a small catchment in the Upper Lusatia Region in Saxony

546

Kodešová R., Rohošková M. & Žigová A., Comparison of aggregate stability within six soil profiles under conventional tillage using various laboratory tests

550

Shahbazi F., Jafarzadeh A.A. & Shahbazi M.R., Agro-ecological field vulnerability evaluation and climate change impacts in Souma area, (Iran), using MicroLEIS DSS

555

Sharma U.C. & Sharma V., Plant-livestock-soil-hydrology interactions in the northeastern region of India

560

Szejba D., Cymes I., Szatylowicz J. & Szymczyk S., An impact of drainage system on soil water conditions at Lidzbark Warminski experimental site

565

Yasutake D., Araki T., Wang W., Kobayashi T., Cho H., Mori M. & Kitano M., Analysis of salts transport affected by root absorption capacity in surface-irrigated fields in the upper Yellow  River basin

570

Buchtele J. & Tesař M., The time variability of evapotranspiration and soil water storage in long series of rainfall-runoff process

575

Dohnal M., Dušek J., Vogel T., Císlerová M., Lichner Ľ. & Štekauerová V., Ponded infiltration into soil with biopores – field experiment and modeling

580

Gömöryová E., Vass D., Pichler V. & Gömöry D., Effect of alginite amendment on microbial activity and soil water content in forest soils

585

Hlavčová K., Szolgay J., Kohnová S. & Horvát O., The limitations of assessing impacts of land use changes on runoff with a distributed hydrological model: case study of the Hron River

589

Holko L., Škvarenina J., Kostka Z., Frič M. & Staroň J., Impact of spruce forest on rainfall interception and seasonal snow cover evolution in the Western Tatra Mountains,  Slovakia

594

Homolák M., Capuliak J., Pichler V. & Lichner Ľ., Estimating hydraulic conductivity of a sandy soil under different plant covers using minidisk infiltrometer and a dye tracer experiment

600

Hrvoľ J., Horecká V., Škvarenina J., Střelcová K. & Škvareninová J., Long-term results of evaporation rate in xerothermic Oak altitudinal vegetation stage in Southern Slovakia

605

Mészároš I. & Miklánek P., Influence of vegetation cover on evapotranspiration patterns in mountainous areas

610

Šír M., Lichner Ľ., Tesař M., Hallett P.D. & Martinková M., Simulation of phytomass productivity based on the optimum temperature for plant growth in a cold climate615

Aamlid T.S., Espevig T. & Kvalbein A., The potential of a surfactant to restore turfgrass quality on a severely water repellent golf green

620

Farkas Cs., Birkás M. & Várallyay Gy., Soil tillage systems to reduce the harmful effect of extreme weather and hydrological situations

624

Hauchart V., Managing pluvial resources and improving soil hydrology: Survival questions for cotton farming system. The case study of the Mouhoun (Burkina Faso)

629

Lachacz A., Nitkiewicz M. & Kalisz B., Water repellency of post-boggy soils with a various content of organic mater

634

Pintar M., Mali B. & Kreigher H., The impact of ski slope management on Krvavec ski resort (Slovenia) on hydrological functions of soils

639

Tóth E., Koós S. & Farkas Cs., Soil carbon dioxide efflux determined from large undisturbed soil cores collected in different soil management systems

643