Flooding and ecosystem dynamics along the Tanana River: applying the state-factor approach to studies of ecosystem structure and function on the Tanana River floodplain.(Special Issue: Flooding: Natural and Managed)

The state-factor approach was used to review the controls on ecosystem processes on the Tanana River floodplain. The approach holds that vegetation and soil development are believed to be strongly linked with flooding. This implies that flooding is a state factor that controls the floodplain ecosystem processes in the area.