River network connectivity and fish diversity

X Shao, Y Fang, JW Jawitz, J Yan, B Cui - Science of the Total Environment, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Frequent and severe disruptions of natural river flows associated with human activities
significantly alter hydrological connectivity in large river networks, with deleterious effects on …

Towards (better) fluvial meta-ecosystem ecology: a research perspective

L Talluto, R Del Campo, E Estévez, F Altermatt… - npj Biodiversity, 2024‏ - nature.com
Rivers are an important component of the global carbon cycle and contribute to atmospheric
carbon exchange disproportionately to their total surface area. Largely, this is because rivers …

The geography of metapopulation synchrony in dendritic river networks

S Larsen, L Comte, A Filipa Filipe, MJ Fortin… - Ecology …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Dendritic habitats, such as river ecosystems, promote the persistence of species by
favouring spatial asynchronous dynamics among branches. Yet, our understanding of how …

Metacommunities in river networks: The importance of network structure and connectivity on patterns and processes

JD Tonkin, J Heino, F Altermatt - Freshwater biology, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Rivers are spatially organised into hierarchic dendritic networks. This unique physical
structure and the associated directionality of physical flows set them apart from most other …

Generation and application of river network analogues for use in ecology and evolution

L Carraro, E Bertuzzo, EA Fronhofer… - Ecology and …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Several key processes in freshwater ecology are governed by the connectivity inherent to
dendritic river networks. These have extensively been analyzed from a geomorphological …

Optimal Channel Networks accurately model ecologically-relevant geomorphological features of branching river networks

L Carraro, F Altermatt - Communications Earth & Environment, 2022‏ - nature.com
River networks' universal fractal structure not only defines their hydrology and connectivity,
but has also profound biological consequences, especially regarding stability and …

Effects of nonnative species on the stability of riverine fish communities

T Erős, L Comte, AF Filipe, A Ruhi, PA Tedesco… - …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Despite the increasing ubiquity of biological invasions worldwide, little is known about the
scale‐dependent effects of nonnative species on real‐world ecological dynamics. Here …

River networks: An analysis of simulating algorithms and graph metrics used to quantify topology

F Lee, KS Simon, GLW Perry - Methods in Ecology and …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
River networks are frequently simulated for use in the development and testing of ecological
theory. Currently, two main algorithms are used, stochastic branching networks (SBNs) and …

Interspecific dispersal constraints suppress pattern formation in metacommunities

P Lawton, AK Fahimipour… - Philosophical …, 2024‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Decisions to disperse from a habitat stand out among organismal behaviours as pivotal
drivers of ecosystem dynamics across scales. Encounters with other species are an …

Environmental drivers of the metacommunity structure of insects on the surface of tropical streams of the Amazon

EJ Cunha, L Juen - Austral Ecology, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Understanding how species are distributed according to environmental and spatial variation
is still one of the main issues in community ecology. We analysed the responses of …