Adaptive cycles of floodplain vegetation response to flooding and drying

Thapa, R.; Thoms, M. C.; Parsons, M.; Reid, M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-4-175-2016

Articles | Volume 4, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-4-175-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-4-175-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 4, issue 1

Research article

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03 Feb 2016

Research article |

| 03 Feb 2016

Adaptive cycles of floodplain vegetation response to flooding and drying

R. Thapa, M. C. Thoms, M. Parsons, and M. Reid

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RC C338: 'Adaptive cycles of floodplain vegetation response to flooding and drying', Anonymous Referee #1, 04 Oct 2015
- AC C393: 'Response to Reviewer comments', Rajesh Thapa, 03 Nov 2015
EC C409: 'Review of esurf-2015-24', Heather Viles, 10 Nov 2015

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AR by Rajesh Thapa on behalf of the Authors (07 Dec 2015)

ED: Publish as is (31 Dec 2015) by Heather Viles

ED: Publish as is (02 Jan 2016) by Tom Coulthard (Editor)

AR by Rajesh Thapa on behalf of the Authors (10 Jan 2016)

Short summary

Floodplain vegetation response to flooding and drying represents one of the few quantitative studies that have used adaptive cycles. This paper examines the response of vegetation productivity (measured as NDVI) through a hypothesized adaptive cycle to determine whether the cycle repeats over time and how it is affected by differently sized flood events. Thus, it represents a significant contribution to our knowledge of floodplain vegetation response to multiple flooding and drying sequences.