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The impact of flood variables on riparian vegetation

The riparian vegetation of Alpine rivers often grows in temporally dynamic riverine environments which are characterized by pronounced meteorological and hydrological fluctuations and high resource competition. Within these relatively rough conditions, rip ...

2016

Hydrological Processes in a High Alpine Watershed

Raphaël Mutzner

Alpine hydrology is particularly challenging due to the complexity of mountainous terrain and the spatial and temporal variability of meteorological parameters such as precipitation, temperature and evaporation. Yet improving our understanding of hydrologi ...

EPFL2015

Flow-induced uprooting of young vegetation on river bedforms

Paolo Perona, Benoît Crouzy, Katharina Maria Edmaier

Riparian vegetation stabilizes sediment by its roots and henceforth impacts riparian morphodynamics. After germination or vegetative reproduction on river bars or islands, juvenile plants are exposed to a high risk of mortality due to uprooting by floods. ...

Crc Press-Taylor & Francis Group2014

Dynamics of Forage Production in Pasture-woodlands of the Swiss Jura Mountains under Projected Climate Change Scenarios

Alexandre Buttler, Konstantin Svetlozarov Gavazov, François Gillet, Thomas Spiegelberger, Alexander Ludwig Johannes Peringer

Silvopastoral systems of the Swiss Jura Mountains serve as a traditional source of forage and timber in the subalpine vegetation belt, but their vulnerability to land use and climate change puts their future sustainability at stake. We coupled experimental ...

Resilience Alliance2013

Analysis of carbon and nitrogen dynamics in riparian soils: Model development

David Andrew Barry, Alessandro Brovelli, Jordi Batlle-Aguilar

The quality of riparian soils and their ability to buffer contaminant releases to aquifers and streams are connected intimately to moisture content and nutrient dynamics, in particular of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N). A multi-compartment model – named the R ...

Elsevier2012

Wind Tunnel Studies of Shear Stress Partitioning in Live Plant Canopies

Benjamin Andreas Walter

The earth's surface is permanently exposed to the atmosphere and accordingly to strong wind forces in many regions. Aerodynamic entrainment, transport and redeposition of sand, soil or snow are able to considerably reshape the surface morphology and influe ...

EPFL2012

Heterogeneity of soil carbon pools and fluxes in a channelized and a restored floodplain section (Thur River, Switzerland)

Claire Guenat, Edward Mitchell, François Gillet, Bertrand Fournier

Due to their spatial complexity and dynamic nature, floodplains provide a wide range of ecosystem functions. However, because of flow regulation, many riverine floodplains have lost their characteristic heterogeneity. Restoration of floodplain habitats and ...

2011

Carbon and nitrogen dynamics in a soil profile: Model insights and application to a restored Swiss riparian area

David Andrew Barry, Alessandro Brovelli, Jordi Batlle-Aguilar, Pascal Niklaus

The key environmental importance of natural, healthy ecosystems has been progressively recognized and restoration of degraded lands towards their former natural state has become an area of active research worldwide. During restoration, environmental condit ...

2010

Carbon and nitrogen dynamics in a soil profile: Model insights and application to a restored Swiss riparian area

David Andrew Barry, Alessandro Brovelli, Jordi Batlle-Aguilar, Pascal Niklaus

2010

Modelling river and riparian vegetation interactions and related importance for sustainable ecosystem management

Paolo Perona, Peter Molnar

We discuss the importance of modeling riparian vegetation and river flow interactions under differing hydrologic regimes. Modelling tools have notable implications with regard to the understanding of riverine ecosystem functioning and to promote sustainabl ...

Springer Verlag2009

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