ABSTRACT
This chapter considers the relationships between semi-natural vegetation communities, particularly dwarf shrub and mire communities, their management and hydrological processes. In considering these topics, the chapter addresses three important themes within current hydrological research: the monitoring and modelling of fundamental hydrological processes at the small-area scale; the requirement for input data to catchment-scale, physically based, distributed hydrological models; and the evaluation of the central role of vegetation in hydrology through its direct impact upon hydrological processes, its adjustment to hydrological processes and the role of its management in modifying and altering hydrological processes.
