Global overview of ecosystem services provided by riparian vegetation

T Riis, M Kelly-Quinn, FC Aguiar, P Manolaki… - …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Fluvial riparian vegetation (RV) links fluvial and terrestrial ecosystems. It is under significant
pressure from anthropogenic activities, and, therefore, the management and restoration of …

[HTML][HTML] Dam builders and their works: Beaver influences on the structure and function of river corridor hydrology, geomorphology, biogeochemistry and ecosystems

A Larsen, JR Larsen, SN Lane - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Beavers (Castor fiber, Castor canadensis) are one of the most influential
mammalian ecosystem engineers, heavily modifying river corridor hydrology …

Levees don't protect, they disconnect: A critical review of how artificial levees impact floodplain functions

RL Knox, EE Wohl, RR Morrison - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Despite the recognition of floodplain importance in the scientific community, floodplains are
not afforded the same legal protection as river channels. In the United States alone, flood …

The natural wood regime in rivers

E Wohl, N Kramer, V Ruiz-Villanueva, DN Scott… - …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The natural wood regime forms the third leg of a tripod of physical processes that supports
river science and management, along with the natural flow and sediment regimes. The wood …

[HTML][HTML] Rediscovering, reevaluating, and restoring lost river-wetland corridors

E Wohl, J Castro, B Cluer, D Merritts… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
River-wetland corridors form where a high degree of connectivity between the surface
(rheic) and subsurface (hyporheic) components of streamflow creates an interconnected …

Carbon sequestration in riparian forests: A global synthesis and meta‐analysis

KE Dybala, V Matzek, T Gardali… - Global Change …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Restoration of deforested and degraded landscapes is a globally recognized strategy to
sequester carbon, improve ecological integrity, conserve biodiversity, and provide additional …

An integrative conceptualization of floodplain storage

E Wohl - Reviews of Geophysics, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Floodplains perform diverse functions, including attenuation of fluxes of water, solutes, and
particulate material. Critical details of floodplain storage including magnitude, duration, and …

Carbon accumulation in agroforestry systems is affected by tree species diversity, age and regional climate: A global meta‐analysis

Z Ma, HYH Chen, EW Bork, CN Carlyle… - Global Ecology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Agroforestry is a globally practised system of land use for achieving greater and more
diverse biomass production, but it has other ecological benefits, such as mitigation of climate …

[HTML][HTML] Riverscapes as natural infrastructure: Meeting challenges of climate adaptation and ecosystem restoration

P Skidmore, J Wheaton - Anthropocene, 2022 - Elsevier
Rivers have been diminished, simplified, and degraded globally by the concentration of
agriculture, transportation, and development in valley bottoms over decades and centuries …

Carbon dynamics of river corridors and the effects of human alterations

E Wohl, RO Hall Jr, KB Lininger, NA Sutfin… - Ecological …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Research in stream metabolism, gas exchange, and sediment dynamics indicates that rivers
are an active component of the global carbon cycle and that river form and process can …