“…River corridors are prime locations for maintenance of such connected habitats, and riverbanks can be refuges (Smart et al, 2005). The presence of riparian vegetation delivers many benefits, and much recent research has also been stimulated by a need for greater understanding of dynamics in order to implement protection and restoration (Bennett, Wu, Alonso, & Wang, 2008;Richter & Richter, 2000;Sandercock & Hooke, 2010;Schirmer et al, 2014;Tabacchi, Steiger, Corenblit, Monaghan, & Planty-Tabacchi, 2009). …”