{"id":311,"date":"2024-10-29T17:23:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T17:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/greenhouse\/?page_id=311"},"modified":"2024-10-29T21:37:39","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T21:37:39","slug":"adaptations-riparian-plants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/greenhouse\/projects-and-activities\/adaptations-riparian-plants\/","title":{"rendered":"Adaptations of riparian plants to streamflow variability"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Adaptations of riparian plants to streamflow variability<\/h1>\n<p>Riparian plant species vary in their adaptations to inundation, drought, and the temporal variability in these factors. River regulation via dams for hydroelectric power and other natural resource goals can modify these conditions, ranging from daily, to seasonal to inter-annual time scales. We conduct experiments that simulate these conditions to better understand how river management impacts riparian plant community composition, and to identify management strategies that can result in beneficial outcomes along the Colorado River and other river systems within the region.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-landscape-image wp-image-315 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/243\/2024\/10\/Streamflow-Impacts-464x348.jpg\" alt=\"Adaptations of riparian plants to streamflow variability \" width=\"464\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/243\/2024\/10\/Streamflow-Impacts-464x348.jpg 464w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/243\/2024\/10\/Streamflow-Impacts-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/243\/2024\/10\/Streamflow-Impacts-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/243\/2024\/10\/Streamflow-Impacts-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/243\/2024\/10\/Streamflow-Impacts-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/243\/2024\/10\/Streamflow-Impacts-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/243\/2024\/10\/Streamflow-Impacts-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/243\/2024\/10\/Streamflow-Impacts-232x174.jpg 232w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/243\/2024\/10\/Streamflow-Impacts-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Funding:<\/strong> BoR Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program<\/p>\n<p><strong>Participants:<\/strong><br \/>\nBrad Butterfield, Associate Research Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, NAU<br \/>\nEmily Palmquist, Ecologist, USGS Southwest Biological Science Center<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adaptations of riparian plants to streamflow variability Riparian plant species vary in their adaptations to inundation, drought, and the temporal variability in these factors. River regulation via dams for hydroelectric power and other natural resource goals can modify these conditions, ranging from daily, to seasonal to inter-annual time scales. We conduct experiments that simulate these [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":293,"parent":10,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ring_central_script_selection":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-311","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/greenhouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/greenhouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/greenhouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/greenhouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/greenhouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=311"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/greenhouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":314,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/greenhouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/311\/revisions\/314"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/greenhouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/greenhouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/greenhouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}