“…Soil structure is a direct controlling factor affecting infiltration capacity, and is especially affected by plant roots, and even dynamic changes during the growing season (Agnese, Bagarello, Baiamonte, & Iovino, ; Cerdà, Ackermann, Terol, & Rodrigo‐Comino, ; Cerdà & Rodrigo‐Comino, in press; Leung, Garg, Coo, Ng, & Hau, ). The relationship between vegetation and infiltration has been incorporated into some hydrological models to predict rainfall–runoff partitioning and soil moisture distribution (Couteron & Lejeune, ; Ludwig, Tongway, & Marsden, ), but the quality of infiltration models still needs to be improved by testing them against field data (Carvalho et al, ). Over the last century, great effort has gone into investigating the principles governing infiltration and developing quantitative predictors of infiltration dynamics (e.g., Green & Ampt, ; Holtan, ; Horton, ; Philip, ).…”