Recent advances quantifying the large wood dynamics in river basins: New methods and remaining challenges

V Ruiz‐Villanueva, H Piégay, AM Gurnell… - Reviews of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Large wood is an important physical component of woodland rivers and significantly
influences river morphology. It is also a key component of stream ecosystems. However …

A comparative review of recovery processes in rivers, lakes, estuarine and coastal waters

PFM Verdonschot, BM Spears, CK Feld, S Brucet… - Hydrobiologia, 2013 - Springer
Abstract The European Water Framework Directive aims to improve ecological status within
river basins. This requires knowledge of responses of aquatic assemblages to recovery …

Wood placement in river restoration: fact, fiction, and future direction

P Roni, T Beechie, G Pess… - Canadian Journal of …, 2015 - cdnsciencepub.com
Despite decades of research on wood in rivers, the addition of wood as a river restoration
technique remains controversial. We reviewed the literature on natural and placed wood to …

From natural to degraded rivers and back again: a test of restoration ecology theory and practice

CK Feld, S Birk, DC Bradley, D Hering, J Kail… - Advances in ecological …, 2011 - Elsevier
Extensive degradation of ecosystems, combined with the increasing demands placed on the
goods and services they provide, is a major driver of biodiversity loss on a global scale. In …

Does it make economic sense to restore rivers for their ecosystem services?

V Acuña, JR Díez, L Flores… - Journal of Applied …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Temperate forests managed to maximize sustainable yield of wood products can reduce the
availability of dead wood on the forest floor and in adjacent streams, which in turn can impair …

Using Structure from Motion photogrammetry to assess large wood (LW) accumulations in the field

G Spreitzer, J Tunnicliffe, H Friedrich - Geomorphology, 2019 - Elsevier
River systems in forested catchments are strongly influenced by wood and sediment loading
from both natural (eg mass wasting) and anthropogenic (forestry) sources. In order to …

Instream large wood loads across bioclimatic regions

E Wohl, KB Lininger, M Fox, BR Baillie… - Forest Ecology and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Instream large wood in forested rivers creates diverse physical and ecological effects and is
a vital component of river process and form. The majority of research on wood in rivers has …

The role of large wood in retaining fine sediment, organic matter and plant propagules in a small, single-thread forest river

NA Osei, AM Gurnell, GL Harvey - Geomorphology, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper investigates associations among large wood accumulations, retained sediment,
and organic matter and the establishment of a viable propagule bank within a forested reach …

Experimental wood addition in streams: effects on organic matter storage and breakdown

L Flores, A Larranaga, J Diez, A Elosegi - Freshwater Biology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Channel complexity affects the physical structure, biotic communities and functioning of
stream ecosystems. Large wood (LW) is a key element in the creation and maintenance of …

Potential secondary effects of in‐stream wood structures installed for natural flood management: A conceptual model

HW Lo, M Smith, M Klaar… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The use of in‐stream wood is one of the most commonly employed natural flood
management (NFM) techniques. The effectiveness of NFM wood structures in reducing flood …