“…Past research also focused on the investigation of the impacts of land use change/management on the water retention capacity of Andosols. The land use change or management practices included crop and agroforestry (Abera & Wolde‐Meskel, 2013), crop rotation (Duwig et al, 2019), overgrazing (Buytaert, Wyseure, et al, 2005; Podwojewski et al, 2002), forest/wetland conversion to grassland (Dec et al, 2017; Dörner et al, 2016; Roa‐García, Brown, Schreier, & Lavkulich, 2011), native forest or grassland conversion to pasture, exotic forest, or crops (Daza Torres, Hernández Flórez, & Triana, 2014; Dörner, Dec, Peng, & Horn, 2009b, 2010; Farley, Kelly, & Hofstede, 2004; Marín et al, 2018; Quichimbo et al, 2012), soil compaction due to tractor traffic (Gómez‐Rodríguez, Camacho‐Tamayo, & Vélez‐Sánchez, 2013), and biosolid application (Salazar et al, 2012). Our findings indicate that although the results from such evaluations are valid for the wetter portion of the WRC (from saturation to pF ~ 1.7), they should be used with caution for the drier range of the curve.…”