This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi: 10.1002/eco.2152 This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. Gonzalez Sargas Eduardo (Orcid ID: 0000-0001-6485-0088) Short-term geomorphological and riparian vegetation responses to a 40-year flood on a braided, dryland river Short-title: Geomorphological and vegetation response to a large flood in a braided river Eduardo González 1 , Patrick B. Shafroth 2* , Steven R. Lee 3 , Glen T. Leverich 4 , Rafael Real De Asua 5 , Rebecca A. Sherry 6 , Steven M. Ostoja 7 , Bruce K. Orr 5 1 Colorado State University, Department of Biology, Biology Building, 251 W Pitkin St, Fort Collins, CO 80521 2 U.S. Geological Survey, Fort Collins Science Center, 2150 Centre Ave., Building C, Fort Collins, CO 80526 3 U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, 40298 Junction Dr., Suite A, Oakhurst, CA 93644 4 Stillwater Sciences, 108 NW Ninth Ave., Suite 200, Portland, OR, 97209 5 Stillwater Sciences, 2855 Telegraph Ave., Suite 400, Berkeley, CA 94705 6 University of Oklahoma, Environmental Studies, 625 Elm Ave., Norman, OK 73019 7 USDA California Climate Hub, Agricultural Research Service, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, 95616