The Ecology of Interfaces: Riparian Zones

@article{Naiman1997TheEO,
  title={The Ecology of Interfaces: Riparian Zones},
  author={Robert J. Naiman and Henri D{\'e}camps},
  journal={Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics},
  year={1997},
  volume={28},
  pages={621-658}
}
  • R. NaimanH. Décamps
  • Published 21 August 1997
  • Environmental Science
  • Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics
Riparian zones possess an unusually diverse array of species and environmental processes. The ecological diversity is related to variable flood regimes, geographically unique channel processes, altitudinal climate shifts, and upland influences on the fluvial corridor. The resulting dynamic environment supports a variety of life-history strategies, biogeochemical cycles and rates, and organisms adapted to disturbance regimes over broad spatial and temporal scales. Innovations in riparian zone… 
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