Virtual landscape-scale restoration of altered channels helps us understand the extent of impacts to guide future ecosystem management

SS Paul, EM Hasselquist, A Jarefjäll, AM Ågren - Ambio, 2023 - Springer
Human modification of hydrological connectivity of landscapes has had significant
consequences on ecosystem functioning. Artificial drainage practices have fundamentally …

Identifying and assessing the potential hydrological function of past artificial forest drainage

EM Hasselquist, W Lidberg, RA Sponseller, A Ågren… - Ambio, 2018 - Springer
Drainage of forested wetlands for increased timber production has profoundly altered the
hydrology and water quality of their downstream waterways. Some ditches need network …

Turning old foes into new allies—Harnessing drainage canals for biodiversity conservation in a desiccated European lowland region

C Tölgyesi, A Torma, Z Bátori, J Šeat… - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Drainage canals are widespread components of agricultural landscapes. Although canals
have greatly contributed to biodiversity loss by desiccating wetlands, they have recently …

Building virtual watersheds: a global opportunity to strengthen resource management and conservation

L Benda, D Miller, J Barquin, R McCleary… - Environmental …, 2016 - Springer
Modern land-use planning and conservation strategies at landscape to country scales
worldwide require complete and accurate digital representations of river networks …

[HTML][HTML] Fish assemblages in forest drainage ditches: Degraded small streams or novel habitats?

R Rosenvald, R Järvekülg, A Lõhmus - Limnologica, 2014 - Elsevier
Artificial drainage of forested wetlands to increase timber production has profoundly altered
the hydrology of North-European landscapes during the 20th century. Nowadays, drainage …

[HTML][HTML] Planning for sustainability: Historical data and remote sensing-based analyses aid landscape design in one of the largest remnant European floodplains

T Erős, J Petrovszki, A Mórocz - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2023 - Elsevier
Large floodplain rivers are among the most threatened ecosystems on Earth and their
utilization is expected to grow. Here, we integrated historical data and remote sensing …

Consequences of rewetting and ditch cleaning on hydrology, water quality and greenhouse gas balance in a drained northern landscape

H Laudon, V Mosquera, K Eklöf, J Järveoja, S Karimi… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Drainage for forestry has created~ 1 million km of artificial waterways in Sweden, making it
one of the largest human-induced environmental disturbances in the country. These …

Creating a catchment scale perspective for river restoration

L Benda, D Miller, J Barquín - Hydrology and Earth System …, 2011 - hess.copernicus.org
One of the major challenges in river restoration is to identify the natural fluvial landscape in
catchments with a long history of river control. Intensive land use on valley floors often …

Mapping drainage ditches in forested landscapes using deep learning and aerial laser scanning

W Lidberg, SS Paul, F Westphal, KF Richter… - Journal of irrigation …, 2023 - ascelibrary.org
Extensive use of drainage ditches in European boreal forests and in some parts of North
America has resulted in a major change in wetland and soil hydrology and impacted the …

How alternative urban stream channel designs influence ecohydraulic conditions

DO Anim, TD Fletcher, GJ Vietz, MJ Burns… - Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Streams draining urban catchments ubiquitously undergo negative physical and ecosystem
changes, recognized to be primarily driven by frequent stormwater runoff input. The common …