Causes and consequences of habitat fragmentation in river networks

MR Fuller, MW Doyle, DL Strayer - … of the New York Academy of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Increases in river fragmentation globally threaten freshwater biodiversity. Rivers are
fragmented by many agents, both natural and anthropogenic. We review the distribution and …

The landscape ecology of rivers: from patch-based to spatial network analyses

T Erős, WH Lowe - Current Landscape Ecology Reports, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review We synthesize recent methodological and conceptual advances
in the field of riverscape ecology, emphasizing areas of synergy with current research in …

Freshwater systems and ecosystem services: Challenges and chances for cross-fertilization of disciplines

Á Vári, SA Podschun, T Erős, T Hein, B Pataki, IC Iojă… - Ambio, 2022 - Springer
Freshwater ecosystems are among the most threatened in the world, while providing
numerous essential ecosystem services (ES) to humans. Despite their importance, research …

Towards understanding the organisation of metacommunities in highly dynamic ecological systems

T Datry, N Bonada, J Heino - Oikos, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Community ecology recognises today that local biological communities are not only affected
by local biotic interactions and abiotic environmental conditions, but also by regional …

Drying as a primary hydrological determinant of biodiversity in river systems: A broad‐scale analysis

C Leigh, T Datry - Ecography, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Determining and understanding relationships between biodiversity and hydrology is a
critical goal in ecology, particularly given biodiversity in the freshwater realm is in crisis …

Does isolation influence the relative role of environmental and dispersal‐related processes in stream networks? An empirical test of the network position hypothesis …

D Schmera, D Árva, P Boda, E Bódis… - Freshwater …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Quantifying the relative importance of how local (environmental or niche‐based) and
regional (dispersal‐related or spatial) processes regulate the assembly of communities has …

Integrating dispersal proxies in ecological and environmental research in the freshwater realm

J Heino, J Alahuhta, T Ala-Hulkko… - Environmental …, 2017 - cdnsciencepub.com
Dispersal is one of the key mechanisms affecting the distribution of individuals, populations,
and communities in nature. Despite advances in the study of single species, it has been …

Reviving Europe's rivers: Seven challenges in the implementation of the Nature Restoration Law to restore free‐flowing rivers

T Stoffers, F Altermatt, D Baldan… - Wiley …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The EU Nature Restoration Law represents an important opportunity for freshwater
habitat restoration and, consequently, freshwater biodiversity protection. However, a number …

Synthesizing the role of epigenetics in the response and adaptation of species to climate change in freshwater ecosystems

G Jeremias, J Barbosa, SM Marques… - Molecular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Freshwater ecosystems are amongst the most threatened ecosystems on Earth. Currently,
climate change is one of the most important drivers of freshwater transformation and its …

Not just a migration problem: M etapopulations, habitat shifts, and gene flow are also important for fishway science and management

MA Wilkes, JA Webb, PS Pompeu… - River Research and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Worldwide, fishways are increasingly criticized for failing to meet conservation goals. We
argue that this is largely due to the dominance of diadromous species of the Northern …