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Table 2 Percentages of successful BEST simulations per treatment (C-treatment being the undisturbed soil, T-treatment being the compacted soil under skid trails), soil layer (0–10 and 15–25 cm), and class of relative error (Eq. 3) and bias (Eq. 4) of the fit for the 5 algorithms

From: Hydraulic properties for a wide range of undisturbed and compacted French forest soils: in situ measurements and estimation with the BEST method

Treatment: layer

Er ≤ 5%

5 < Er ≤ 10%

Er > 10%

Bias ≤  − 2.91 or bias ≥ 2.57

 − 2.91 < Bias < 2.57

Bias ≤  − 2.91 or bias ≥ 2.57

 − 2.91 < Bias < 2.57

Bias ≤  − 2.91 or bias ≥ 2.57

 − 2.91 < Bias < 2.57

C 0–10 cm

0

11.56

0.6

5.63

4.02

5.58

C 15–25 cm

0

8.54

0.1

6.83

2.41

5.73

T 0–10 cm

0

8.79

0.2

5.48

3.17

8.64

T 15–25 cm

0

5.43

0

6.28

1.61

9.4