Channel metamorphosis, floodplain disturbance, and vegetation development: Ain River, France
Ain ; Biodiversité ; Cours d'eau ; Crue ; Dynamique de la végétation ; Dynamique fluviale ; France ; Hydrologie fluviale ; Lit fluvial ; Phytosociologie ; Plaine d'inondation ; Rhône-Alpes ; Végétation
Ain ; Biodiversity ; Flood ; Floodplain ; Fluvial dynamics ; Fluvial hydrology ; France ; Phytosociology ; Rhône-Alpes ; River bed ; Stream ; Vegetation ; Vegetation dynamics
This paper describes and explains channel metamorphosis of the Ain River in east-central France and the effects of this metamorphosis on floodplain disturbance and vegetation development: relationship between channel dynamics and hydrology