FLOWBASE is a riparian plant trait base which provides standardized information on 225 woody species from 65 families that can be found in Mediterranean and semi-arid worldwide riparian habitats. FLOWBASE aims to make easily and freely accessible currently scattered information about Mediterranean riparian plants, their connections to flow processes and information on geographic locations. At the moment, data compilation addresses 55 functional plant traits characterizing dispersal, establishment and persistence in riparian areas and with expected linkages with hydrological changes, water availability and flood resistance.

To access:
FLOWBASE is accessible at http://www.isa.ulisboa.pt/proj/flowbase/

To cite:
FLOWBASE should be cited in the following way: Aguiar FC, Fabião AM, Bejarano MD, Merritt D, Nilsson C, Martins MJ. 2013. FLOWBASE – a riparian plant traitbase (http://www.isa.ulisboa.pt/proj/flowbase/). Centro de Estudos Florestais, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.