Plants as river system engineers

A Gurnell - Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Plants growing within river corridors both affect and respond to fluvial processes. Their
above‐ground biomass modifies the flow field and retains sediment, whereas their below …

Changing river channels: The roles of hydrological processes, plants and pioneer fluvial landforms in humid temperate, mixed load, gravel bed rivers

AM Gurnell, W Bertoldi, D Corenblit - Earth-Science Reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
The fluvial riparian and aquatic patch mosaic varies along rivers according to
geomorphological setting, hydrological regime, sediment supply and surface–groundwater …

Reciprocal interactions and adjustments between fluvial landforms and vegetation dynamics in river corridors: a review of complementary approaches

D Corenblit, E Tabacchi, J Steiger, AM Gurnell - Earth-Science Reviews, 2007 - Elsevier
Until recently, one-way relationships between flow dynamics, geomorphology and plant
ecology were considered dominantly when studying the functioning of river systems …

Process, form and change in dryland rivers: a review of recent research

S Tooth - Earth-Science Reviews, 2000 - Elsevier
Many of the world's extensive warm dryland regions support numerous, albeit often
infrequently flowing, rivers. Dryland rivers are increasingly a focus of scientific and applied …

Modeling the interactions between river morphodynamics and riparian vegetation

C Camporeale, E Perucca, L Ridolfi… - Reviews of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The study of river‐riparian vegetation interactions is an important and intriguing research
field in geophysics. Vegetation is an active element of the ecological dynamics of a …

Palaeozoic landscapes shaped by plant evolution

MR Gibling, NS Davies - Nature Geoscience, 2012 - nature.com
Fluvial landscapes diversified markedly over the 250 million years between the Cambrian
and Pennsylvanian periods. The diversification occurred in tandem with the evolution of …

[HTML][HTML] Island-dominated landscapes of large floodplain rivers, a European perspective

AM Gurnell, GE Petts - Freshwater Biology, 2002 - westminsterresearch.westminster.ac …
1. The landscapes of large floodplain rivers are characterised by heterogeneous
environments related to the interplay of flood flows, sediment transport and vegetation …

Trees as riparian engineers: the Tagliamento River, Italy

A Gurnell, G Petts - … Processes and Landforms: The Journal of …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Pristine river corridors were characterized by island and floodplain development driven by
the inter‐play of flows, sediments and woody vegetation. Here we explore these …

Spatial hydrogeomorphological influences on sediment and nutrient deposition in riparian zones: observations from the Garonne River, France

J Steiger, AM Gurnell - Geomorphology, 2003 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the influence of geomorphological setting on riparian zone
sedimentation within a reach of the River Garonne, France, during three major floods. The …

Riparian vegetation and geomorphological interactions in anabranching rivers: A global review

M Henriques, TR McVicar, KL Holland, E Daly - Ecohydrology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Anabranching rivers are characterized by multiple active channels. Vegetation, flow regime
and sediment retention are critical components for the formation, evolution and stability of …