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Wood and river landscapes

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The influence of trees and dead wood on river dynamics has long been overlooked. Recent work suggests that large wood pieces can stabilize the land surface, contributing to a large-wood cycle that profoundly affects floodplain morphology and ecology.

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Figure 1: Wood and water.

A.M. GURNELL

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  1. Angela Gurnell is in the School of Geography, Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK,

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Gurnell, A. Wood and river landscapes. Nature Geosci 5, 93–94 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1382

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