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 …

Slope stability models traditionally use simple indicators of root system structure and
strength when vegetation is included as a factor. However, additional root system traits …

The decade since the publication of the third edition of this volume has been an era of great
progress in biology in general and the plant sciences in particular. This is especially true …

In Mediterranean environments, gully erosion is responsible for large soil losses. It has since
long been recognized that slopes under vegetation are much more resistant to soil erosion …

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 …

While sexual regeneration of plants after disturbance is relatively well understood,
vegetative regeneration has attracted some attention only recently. Its role along …

Riparian vegetation responds to hydrogeomorphic disturbances and environmental
changes and also controls these changes. Here, we propose that the control of sediment …

The ability of roots to penetrate hard soil is important for crop productivity but specific root
phenes contributing to this ability are poorly understood. Root penetrability and …

Fundamental plant traits such as support, anchorage, and protection against environmental
stress depend substantially on biomechanical design. The costs, subsequent trade‐offs, and …

Plant functional types (or guilds) increasingly are being used to predict vegetation response
to global changes. Continued human population growth coupled with projected warmer and …