Therefore, it became evident
that the decrease in ks could not merely be ascribed to the lower
volume of macropores (Kuncoro et al., 2014), but also related to the
reduced macropore continuity after the compaction took place as
discussed in Do¨ rner et al. (2010), Fuentes et al. (2004), and
Osunbitan et al. (2005) amongst others.