Transferability of pedotransfer functions for estimating soil hydraulic properties: An analysis of controlling factors for forest soils in Switzerland

• Published in: Geoderma Vol. 460; p. 117397
• Main Authors: Schoch, Julian, Nussbaum, Madlene, Walthert, Lorenz, Carminati, Andrea, Lehmann, Peter
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.08.2025; Elsevier

•Parsimonious Lasso models and Random Forest models were trained for Swiss data.•The transferability of pedotransfer functions was evaluated for forest soils.•Differences in laboratory methods are suggested to influence transferability.•Small covariate set is essential for better generalizability.•A...