River restoration, habitat heterogeneity and biodiversity: a failure of theory or practice?

MA Palmer, HL Menninger, E Bernhardt - Freshwater biology, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
… in ecological restoration is that increasing habitat heterogeneity (HH) promotes restoration
of biodiversity. … We found habitat and macroinvertebrate data for 78 independent stream or …

[HTML][HTML] Freshwater fish biodiversity restoration in floodplain rivers requires connectivity and habitat heterogeneity at multiple spatial scales

T Stoffers, AD Buijse, GW Geerling, LH Jans… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
… Finally, in attempting to face the global freshwater biodiversity crisis, we propose that
river restoration efforts in heavily modified lowland rivers focus on establishing spatially …

Does river restoration result in improved environmental heterogeneity?

J Yu - E3S web of conferences, 2021 - e3s-conferences.org
… The above study confirms our hypothesis that restored rivers will display greater habitat
heterogeneity and allow for a more diverse species assemblage and higher biodiversity. …

Enhanced ecosystem functioning following stream restoration: The roles of habitat heterogeneity and invertebrate species traits

A Frainer, LE Polvi, R Jansson… - Journal of Applied …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
… to the heterogeneity gradient. Algal biomass accrual per unit area did not vary either with
restoration or the heterogeneity … demonstrate that restoration of river habitat heterogeneity can …

Quantifying macroinvertebrate responses to in‐stream habitat restoration: applications of meta‐analysis to river restoration

SW Miller, P Budy, JC Schmidt - Restoration Ecology, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
restoring physical habitat heterogeneity will increase biodiversity underlies many river
restoration … With over 6,000 in-stream habitat enhancement projects implemented in the last …

Long‐term, habitat‐specific response of a macroinvertebrate community to river restoration

N Friberg, B Kronvang, H Ole Hansen… - Aquatic …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
… during the study period, but remained less heterogeneous than the restored reach, with only
a … match the almost instantaneous heterogeneity obtained by active restoration measures. …

Setting targets in strategies for river restoration

B Pedroli, G De Blust, K Van Looy, S van Rooij - Landscape ecology, 2002 - Springer
… for river restoration as exemplified by the Meuse River. A modelling exercise shows the
restraints of current habitat configuration and the potential for habitat restoration along the river. …

Habitat heterogeneity affects the efficacy of ecological restoration by freshwater releases in a recovering freshwater coastal wetland in China's Yellow River Delta

W Yang, X Li, T Sun, Z Yang, M Li - Ecological Engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
… However, more and more studies have suggested that accounting for habitat heterogeneity
greatly increases the efficiency of restoration activities, and should be considered when …

Understanding natural patterns and processes in river corridors as the basis for effective river restoration

JV Ward, K Tockner, U Uehlinger… - Regulated Rivers …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
… the crucial roles of habitat heterogeneity and fluvial dynamics … intact river corridors. Until
quite recently, most concepts in … levels of heterogeneity that may be attained in European river

[HTML][HTML] The role of benthic microhabitats in determining the effects of hydromorphological river restoration on macroinvertebrates

RCM Verdonschot, J Kail, BG McKie, PFM Verdonschot - Hydrobiologia, 2016 - Springer
… of generating greater habitat heterogeneity in restoration projects … Although in most restoration
projects, diversity of habitats, … restoration measures increasing structural heterogeneity or …