Plants growing within river corridors both affect and respond to fluvial processes. Their
above‐ground biomass modifies the flow field and retains sediment, whereas their below …

Freshwater biodiversity is the over-riding conservation priority during the International
Decade for Action–'Water for Life'–2005 to 2015. Fresh water makes up only 0.01% of the …

Exotic species affect the biogeochemical pools and fluxes of materials and energy, thereby
altering the fundamental structure and function of their ecosystems. Rapidly accumulating …

Summary 1 Much attention has been paid to negative effects of alien species on resident
communities but studies that quantify community‐level effects of a number of invasive plants …

Aim Invasion ecology includes many hypotheses. Empirical evidence suggests that most of
these can explain the success of some invaders to some degree in some circumstances. If …

Wetlands seem to be especially vulnerable to invasions. Even though≤ 6% of the earth's
land mass is wetland, 24%(8 of 33) of the world's most invasive plants are wetland species …

Rivers are conduits for materials and energy; this, the frequent and intense disturbances that
these systems experience, and their narrow, linear nature, create problems for conservation …

Floodplain forests offer a diversity of habitats and resources for a very wide range of plant
and animal species. They also offer many benefits to humankind and are considered …

We describe here the ecological and evolutionary processes that modulate the effects of
invasive species over time, and argue that such processes are so widespread and important …

Human activities pollute water, air, and soil, which has a negative impact on the
environment. Despite the significant efforts made in recent years to clean up the …