Forest biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and the provision of ecosystem services

EG Brockerhoff, L Barbaro, B Castagneyrol… - Biodiversity and …, 2017‏ - Springer
Forests are critical habitats for biodiversity and they are also essential for the provision of a
wide range of ecosystem services that are important to human well-being. There is …

Managing nonperennial headwater streams in temperate forests of the United States

SK Kampf, KA Dwire, MP Fairchild, J Dunham… - Forest Ecology and …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Forest management guidelines are designed to protect water quality from unintended effects
of land use changes such as timber harvest, mining, or forest road construction. Although …

[HTML][HTML] Habitat models of focal species can link ecology and decision-making in sustainable forest management

A Lõhmus, R Kont, K Runnel, M Vaikre, L Remm - Forests, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
A fundamental problem of sustainability is how to reduce the double complexity of ecological
and social systems into simple operational terms. We highlight that the conservation concept …

Drought ecohydrology alters the structure and function of benthic invertebrate communities in mountain streams

DB Herbst, SD Cooper, RB Medhurst… - Freshwater …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
We studied benthic macroinvertebrate communities in 12 mid‐elevation mountain streams in
the Sierra Nevada, California. Data were collected at nine times (seven springs and two …

Impacts of land-use and land-cover change on stream hydrochemistry in the Cerrado and Amazon biomes

RLB Nóbrega, AC Guzha, G Lamparter… - Science of the Total …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Studies on the impacts of land-use and land-cover change on stream hydrochemistry in
active deforestation zones of the Amazon agricultural frontier are limited and have often …

Elevating human dimensions of amphibian and reptile conservation, a USA perspective

DH Olson, DS Pilliod - Conservation science and practice, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Increasing threats to amphibian and reptile species raise the urgency of their conservation.
However, relative to other vertebrate groups at risk, amphibians and reptiles have low and …

Comparative genome analysis of the freshwater fungus Filosporella fistucella indicates potential for plant-litter degradation at cold temperatures

D Vasconcelos Rissi, M Ijaz… - G3: Genes, Genomes …, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
Freshwater fungi play an important role in the decomposition of organic matter of leaf litter in
rivers and streams. They also possess the necessary mechanisms to endure lower …

Local and regional drivers of taxonomic homogenization in stream communities along a land use gradient

WR Budnick, T Leboucher, J Belliard… - Global Ecology and …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Aim The interaction of land use with local versus regional processes driving biological
homogenization (β‐diversity loss) is poorly understood. We explored:(a) stream β‐diversity …

The influence of substrate type on macroinvertebrate assemblages within agricultural drainage ditches

KJ Gething, MC Ripley, KL Mathers, RP Chadd… - Hydrobiologia, 2020‏ - Springer
Artificial drainage ditches are common features in lowland agricultural catchments that
support a wide range of ecosystem services at the landscape scale. Current paradigms in …

Using natural disturbance and portfolio concepts to guide aquatic–riparian ecosystem management

BE Penaluna, GH Reeves, ZC Barnett, PA Bisson… - Fisheries, 2018‏ - academic.oup.com
Abstract The US Forest Service and other federal land managers are responsible for
maintaining the productivity of aquatic–riparian ecosystems, the associated native biota, and …