Anthropogenic activities are increasingly affecting ecosystems across the globe. Meanwhile,
empirical and theoretical evidence suggest that natural systems can exhibit abrupt collapses …

South America is home to the highest freshwater fish biodiversity on Earth, and the hotspot
of species richness is located in the western Amazon basin. The location of this hotspot is …

Metapopulation models have been instrumental in quantifying the ecological impact of
landscape structure on the survival of a focal species. However, extensions to multiple …

The ever-increasing threats to riverine ecosystems call for novel approaches for highly
resolved biodiversity assessments across taxonomic groups and spatio-temporal scales …

River networks are frequently simulated for use in the development and testing of ecological
theory. Currently, two main algorithms are used, stochastic branching networks (SBNs) and …

The current biodiversity crisis calls for appropriate methods for assessing biodiversity. In this
respect, environmental DNA (eDNA) holds great promise, especially for aquatic ecosystems …

Dendritic habitats, such as river ecosystems, promote the persistence of species by
favouring spatial asynchronous dynamics among branches. Yet, our understanding of how …

Ecological and ecosystem monitoring is rapidly shifting towards using environmental DNA
(eDNA) data, particularly in aquatic systems. This approach enables a combined coverage …

Streams and rivers act as landscape-scale bioreactors processing large quantities of
terrestrial particulate organic matter (POM). This function is linked to their flow regime, which …

River networks' universal fractal structure not only defines their hydrology and connectivity,
but has also profound biological consequences, especially regarding stability and …