The papers in this issue represent a selection of the presentations made at the session entitled “Climate-soil and vegetation interactions in ecological–hydrological processes” of the European Geophysical Union General Assembly. The special issue “Coupled Ecological–Hydrological Processes” focuses on different aspects of Ecohydrology that can be summarized in the following topics: soil moisture dynamics, soil–plant interactions, vegetation modelling and effects of climate change on natural ecosystems.

How to cite: Salvatore Manfreda, Keith Smettem, Vito Iacobellis, Nicola Montaldo and Murugesu Sivapalan, Preface Coupled ecological –hydrological processes, ECOHYDROLOGY, 3, Pages 131–132 (doi: 10.1002/eco.131), 2010. [pdf]

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