Linkages between flow regime, biota, and ecosystem processes: Implications for river restoration

M Palmer, A Ruhi - Science, 2019 - science.org
BACKGROUND Early civilizations developed around seasonal river floodplains, and the
natural rhythm of rivers remains critical to humans today. We use streams and rivers to meet …

Environmental predictability as a cause and consequence of animal movement

L Riotte-Lambert, J Matthiopoulos - Trends in ecology & evolution, 2020 - cell.com
The impacts of environmental predictability on the ecology and evolution of animal
movement have been the subject of vigorous speculation for several decades. Recently, the …

The role of dispersal in river network metacommunities: Patterns, processes, and pathways

JD Tonkin, F Altermatt, DS Finn, J Heino… - Freshwater …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
River networks are hierarchical dendritic habitats embedded within the terrestrial landscape,
with varying connectivity between sites depending on their positions along the network. This …

Flow regime alteration degrades ecological networks in riparian ecosystems

JD Tonkin, DM Merritt, JD Olden, LV Reynolds… - Nature ecology & …, 2018 - nature.com
Riverine ecosystems are governed by patterns of temporal variation in river flows. This
dynamism will change due to climate change and the near-ubiquitous human control of river …

What we talk about when we talk about seasonality–A transdisciplinary review

O Kwiecien, T Braun, CF Brunello, P Faulkner… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
The role of seasonality is indisputable in climate and ecosystem dynamics. Seasonal
temperature and precipitation variability are of vital importance for the availability of food …

Effects of human-driven water stress on river ecosystems: a meta-analysis

S Sabater, F Bregoli, V Acuña, D Barceló, A Elosegi… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Human appropriation of water resources may induce water stress in freshwater ecosystems
when ecosystem needs are not met. Intensive abstraction and regulation cause river …

Climate and seasonality drive the richness and composition of tropical fungal endophytes at a landscape scale

S Oita, A Ibáñez, F Lutzoni, J Miadlikowska… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
Understanding how species-rich communities persist is a foundational question in ecology.
In tropical forests, tree diversity is structured by edaphic factors, climate, and biotic …

Shifting seasonal patterns of water availability: ecosystem responses to an unappreciated dimension of climate change

OL Hajek, AK Knapp - New Phytologist, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Seasonal patterns of water availability can differ dramatically among ecosystems, with well‐
known consequences for ecosystem structure and functioning. Less appreciated is that …

The three Rs of river ecosystem resilience: Resources, recruitment, and refugia

K Van Looy, JD Tonkin, M Floury… - River Research and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Resilience in river ecosystems requires that organisms must persist in the face of highly
dynamic hydrological and geomorphological variations. Disturbance events such as floods …