Riparian plant community responses to increased flooding: a meta‐analysis

• Published in: Global change biology Vol. 21; no. 8; pp. 2881 - 2890
• Main Authors: Garssen, Annemarie G, Baattrup‐Pedersen, Annette, Voesenek, Laurentius A. C. J, Verhoeven, Jos T. A, Soons, Merel B
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Blackwell Science 01.08.2015; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Arid climates; Biodiversity; Biomass; botanical composition; Climate change; Community composition; Ecosystem; ephemeral streams; Flooding; Floods; global change; hydrograph; hydrological changes; Intermittent streams; literature survey; mature plants; Meta-analysis; Nutrient status; Plant biomass; Plant communities; Plant Development; Plant ecology; Plant species; Plants; Porosity; Riparian ecology; riparian gradient; risk; rivers; Seedlings; Semiarid climates; semiarid zones; shoots; Species composition; Species richness; surveys; Survival; vegetation; Water levels; watersheds; wetlands; hydrological changes; floods; wetlands; biodiversity; global change; literature survey; riparian gradient; survival; vegetation; climate change

A future higher risk of severe flooding of streams and rivers has been projected to change riparian plant community composition and species richness, but the extent and direction of the expected change remain uncertain. We conducted a meta‐analysis to synthesize globally available experimental evide...