Feedbacks between the riparian Salicaceae and hydrogeomorphic processes: A quantitative review

The first section of the review defines a conceptual hierarchy of the processes entwining Salicaceae and hydrogeomorphic processes and the second part considers Salicaceae feedbacks on fluvial processes. These are followed by a third, more developed, section, focussing on findings from published studies concerned with hydromorphic process feedbacks on the Salicaceae. In contrast to previous research that has conceptualised vegetation-fluvial processes, this review is concerned with identifying explicit thresholds that can be used to support predictions of river system functioning and to parameterize numerical models that attempt to replicate riparian vegetation and hydrogeomorphic process interactions.