Abstract
Flooding forests are those which rely on long periods of inundation either for supplying adequate water or for meeting other life-cycle needs. The forests have a distinctive “look and feel” and are highly productive biologically. These forests have evolved in an intimate relationship with their source of flooding. A common cause of problems is river regulation of the water source which, in turn, leads to changes in flooding frequency and duration across the forests. Examples of these forests are given, with the issues confronting Australia’s river red gum forests viewed as typical of a wider class of flooding forest issues.
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Bren, L. (2015). Flooding Forests. In: Forest Hydrology and Catchment Management. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9337-7_10
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