Transportation infrastructure affects the structure of ecosystems, the dynamics of ecosystem
function, and has direct effects on ecosystem components, including their species …

The Earth's surface morphology, in an abiotic context, is a consequence of major forcings
such as tectonic uplift, erosion, sediment transport, and climate. Recently, however, it has …

Hydrologic connections can link hillslopes to channel networks, streams to lakes, subsurface
to surface, land to atmosphere, terrestrial to aquatic, and upstream to downstream. These …

Humans have spread an enormous net over the land. As the largest human artifact on earth,
this vast, nearly five million mile (8 million km) road network used by a quarter billion …

While most efforts at biodiversity conservation have focused primarily on protected areas
and reserves, the unprotected lands surrounding those area—the" matrix"—are equally …

Increased impervious surface area is a consequence of urbanization, with correspondent
and significant effects on the hydrologic cycle. It is intuitive that an increased proportion of …

Context More than a century of forest and fire management of Inland Pacific landscapes has
transformed their successional and disturbance dynamics. Regional connectivity of many …

Spatial structure regulates and modifies processes at several levels of ecological
organization (eg individual/genetic, population and community) and is thus a key component …

The Mw 7.6 October 8, 2005 Kashmir earthquake triggered several thousand landslides
throughout the Himalaya of northern Pakistan and India. These were concentrated in six …

Landscape change associated with urbanization poses major challenges to aquatic
ecosystems. Extensive studies have shown that the composition of land cover within a …