“…Many studies on infiltration have focused on the application of models for comparison or validation using data obtained through laboratory or field infiltrometry tests, including comparisons between different land uses (Mbagwu, 1995;Mishar et al, 2003;Shukla et al, 2003;Ghorbani Dashtaki et al, 2009;Haghighi et al, 2010;Duan et al, 2011;Robertson and Sharp, 2015). Despite the large number of studies on the effect of land use changes on infiltration rates (Malmer and Grip, 1990;Ghuman et al, 1991;Alegre and Cassel, 1996;Lal, 1996;Navar and Synnott, 2000;Martínez and Zinck, 2004;Ziegler et al, 2004;Zimmermann et al, 2006), additional information from studies comparing contrasting areas is still needed. In this study, we analysed a large data set of infiltration rates measured under several land use and vegetation cover situations in three study areas in northern Spain, in order to determine their effect on infiltration variability.…”