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Floodplain Ecology

Floodplain Ecology is a branch of Watershed Ecology that focuses on the biotic and abiotic interactions within the low-lying, periodically inundated lands adjacent to rivers and streams, distinguished by its emphasis on flood-driven geomorphological and ecological processes shaping ecosystem structure and function.

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The flood pulse concept in river-floodplain systems

Wolfgang J. Junk · Medical Entomology and Zoology · 1989 · 4.3K citations

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The Ecology of Interfaces: Riparian Zones

Robert J. Naiman, Henri Décamps · Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics · 1997 · 2.8K citations

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Riverine flood plains: present state and future trends

Klement Tockner, Jack A. Stanford · Environmental Conservation · 2002 · 2.1K citations · Full text

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the flood pulse concept in river-floodplain ecosystems

W. J. Junk · Medical Entomology and Zoology · 1989 · 1.8K citations

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The Four-Dimensional Nature of Lotic Ecosystems

J. V. Ward · Journal of the North American Benthological Society · 1989 · 1.2K citations

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  1. KT
    Klement Tockner

    Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Germany

    46 publications · 9.4K citations

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  2. MT
    María Teresa Fernández Piedade

    Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Brazil

    55 publications · 4.3K citations

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  3. JV
    J. V. Ward

    Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Switzerland

    32 publications · 9.8K citations

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  4. WJ
    Wolfgang J. Junk

    Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Germany

    41 publications · 7.7K citations

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  5. PP
    Pia Parolin

    Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Germany

    38 publications · 2.6K citations

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  1. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    51 h-index

    334 publications

    24.8K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    51 h-index

    313 publications

    25.7K citations

  3. Universidade Estadual de Maringá

    Maringá, Brazil

    42 h-index

    412 publications

    17.8K citations

  4. Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia

    Manaus, Brazil

    41 h-index

    268 publications

    14.3K citations

  5. Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology

    Dübendorf, Switzerland

    40 h-index

    148 publications

    22.9K citations

  6. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology

    Plön, Germany

    36 h-index

    119 publications

    11.1K citations

  7. Max Planck Society

    Munich, Germany

    34 h-index

    108 publications

    9.3K citations

  8. Griffith University

    Brisbane, Australia

    33 h-index

    123 publications

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  1. Freshwater Biology

    105 publications · 12.6K citations

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  2. Geomorphology

    119 publications · 9.9K citations

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  3. Hydrobiologia

    176 publications · 8.6K citations

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  4. River Research and Applications

    132 publications · 6.3K citations

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  5. Regulated Rivers Research & Management

    68 publications · 9.1K citations

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