▪ Abstract Local habitat and biological diversity of streams and rivers are strongly influenced
by landform and land use within the surrounding valley at multiple scales. However …

▪ Abstract Landscape ecology focuses on the reciprocal interactions between spatial pattern
and ecological processes, and it is well integrated with ecology. The field has grown rapidly …

Understanding the relationships between land use patterns and water quality in low-order
streams is useful for effective landscape planning to protect downstream water quality. A …

The ecosystem approach to ecology treats organisms and the physical elements of their
environment as components of a single, integrated system. This comprehensive textbook …

They may influence us as individuals by their encouragement and guidance; they may affect
their community through their untiring commitment to service and the greater good; or they …

Intensively managed row crop agriculture has fundamentally changed Earth surface
processes within the Mississippi River basin through large-scale alterations of land cover …

Understanding the relationship between land use and surface water quality is necessary for
effective water management. We estimated the impacts of catchment-wide land use on water …

Riparian zones are among the most valuable ecosystems on the earth. They act as the
ecological engineers that improve river health through delivering a range of ecosystem …

Over 60% of the world's reefs experience damage from local activities such as overfishing,
coastal development, and watershed pollution. Land-based sources of pollution are a critical …

Abstract Changes in key drivers (eg, climate, disturbance regimes and land use) may affect
the sustainability of forest landscapes and set the stage for increased tension among …