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 …

Human activities on floodplains have severely disrupted the regeneration of foundation
riparian shrub and tree species of the Salicaceae family (Populus and Salix spp.) throughout …

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

Riverine ecosystems are recurrently rejuvenated during destructive flood events and
vegetation succession starts again. Poplars (ie species from Populus genera) respond to …

Rivers are natural systems whose planform pattern in alluvial reaches reflects a balance
between three fundamental ingredients: flow energy, sediment calibre and supply, and …

Fast-growing woody crops are emerging as an attractive source of biomass, because they
have the capability to meet many of the agronomic, environmental, and societal parameters …

Seed size variation within species and individuals is common. This variation may be
adaptive in heterogeneous landscapes if the fitness consequences of seed size differ …

Question: What is the relative importance of the initial seed bank and subsequent seed
dispersal for floristic composition of bank vegetation two years after creation of a newly‐cut …

Structured decision making and value‐of‐information analyses can be used to identify
robust management strategies even when uncertainty about the response of the system to …

The genus Salix (willows), with 33 species, represents the most diverse genus of woody
plants in the European Alps. Many species dominate subalpine and alpine types of …