Geographically isolated wetlands (GIW), depressional landscape features entirely
surrounded by upland areas, provide a wide range of ecological functions and ecosystem …

In the US Corn Belt, a recent doubling in commodity prices has created incentives for
landowners to convert grassland to corn and soybean crop**. Here, we use land cover …

Wetlands are often referred to as the Earth's kidneys. However, wetlands worldwide are still
negatively affected due to a lack of comprehensive understanding of wetland landscape …

Increased loading of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) from agricultural and urban
intensification has led to severe degradation of inland and coastal waters. Lakes, reservoirs …

Wetland managers and policy makers need to make decisions based on a sound scientific
understanding of hydrological and ecological functions of wetlands. This article presents an …

Global wetlands exhibit significant differences in both hydrology and species composition
and range from moss-dominated arctic peatlands to seasonally-flooded tropical floodplains …

To illustrate the hydrological impact of climate and land use change on an unregulated
basin, the agriculture‐and wetland‐dominated Smith Creek Research Basin (SCRB) was …

More than 50% of global wetland area has been lost over the last 200 years, resulting in
losses of habitat and species diversity as well as decreased hydrologic and biogeochemical …

Climate change is likely to alter the spatial distributions of species and habitat types but the
nature of such change is uncertain. Thus, climate change makes it difficult to implement …

Geographically isolated wetlands (GIWs), defined as wetlands surrounded by uplands,
provide an array of ecosystem goods and services. Within the United States, federal …