[HTML][HTML] Characteristics, main impacts, and stewardship of natural and artificial freshwater environments: consequences for biodiversity conservation

M Cantonati, S Poikane, CM Pringle, LE Stevens… - Water, 2020 - mdpi.com
In this overview (introductory article to a special issue including 14 papers), we consider all
main types of natural and artificial inland freshwater habitas (fwh). For each type, we identify …

Non-perennial Mediterranean rivers in Europe: status, pressures, and challenges for research and management

NT Skoulikidis, S Sabater, T Datry, MM Morais… - Science of the Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
Non-perennial rivers and streams (NPRS) cover> 50% of the global river network. They are
particularly predominant in Mediterranean Europe as a result of dry climate conditions …

Ecological research and management of intermittent rivers: an historical review and future directions

C Leigh, AJ Boulton, JL Courtwright, K Fritz… - Freshwater …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Rivers and streams that do not flow permanently (herein intermittent rivers; IR s) make up a
large proportion of the world's inland waters and are gaining widespread attention. We …

Extreme weather events threaten biodiversity and functions of river ecosystems: evidence from a meta‐analysis

S Sabater, A Freixa, L Jiménez… - Biological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Both gradual and extreme weather changes trigger complex ecological responses in river
ecosystems. It is still unclear to what extent trend or event effects alter biodiversity and …

Mediterranean-climate streams and rivers: geographically separated but ecologically comparable freshwater systems

N Bonada, VH Resh - Hydrobiologia, 2013 - Springer
Streams and rivers in mediterranean-climate regions (med-rivers in med-regions) are
ecologically unique, with flow regimes reflecting precipitation patterns. Although timing of …

[HTML][HTML] Scaling ecological resilience

DA Falk, AC Watts, AE Thode - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Rapid climate change and altered disturbance regimes represent increasing stressors to the
stability of existing ecosystems. Resilience is a widely used framework for post-disturbance …

Extreme drought pushes stream invertebrate communities over functional thresholds

TWH Aspin, K Khamis, TJ Matthews… - Global change …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Functional traits are increasingly being used to predict extinction risks and range shifts
under long‐term climate change scenarios, but have rarely been used to study vulnerability …

Survey of beaver-related restoration practices in rangeland streams of the western USA

DS Pilliod, AT Rohde, S Charnley, RR Davee… - Environmental …, 2018 - Springer
Poor condition of many streams and concerns about future droughts in the arid and semi-
arid western USA have motivated novel restoration strategies aimed at accelerating …

[HTML][HTML] High variability is a defining component of Mediterranean-climate rivers and their biota

N Cid, N Bonada, SM Carlson, TE Grantham, A Gasith… - Water, 2017 - mdpi.com
Variability in flow as a result of seasonal precipitation patterns is a defining element of
streams and rivers in Mediterranean-climate regions of the world and strongly influences the …

[HTML][HTML] Characterizing precipitation variability and trends in the world's Mediterranean-climate areas

MJ Deitch, MJ Sapundjieff, ST Feirer - Water, 2017 - mdpi.com
The Mediterranean climate is principally characterized by warm, dry summers and cool, wet
winters. However, there are large variations in precipitation dynamics in regions with this …