River restoration is one of the most prominent areas of applied water‐resources science.
From an initial focus on enhancing fish habitat or river appearance, primarily through …

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 …

Ecological restoration has grown rapidly and now encompasses not only classic ecological
theory but also utilitarian concerns, such as preparedness for climate change and …

Rewilding is being promoted as an ambitious alternative to current approaches to nature
conservation. Interest is growing in popular and scientific literatures, and rewilding is the …

This paper highlights some recent trends in vegetation hydrodynamics, focusing on
conditions within channels and spanning spatial scales from individual blades, to canopies …

Process-based restoration aims to reestablish normative rates and magnitudes of physical,
chemical, and biological processes that sustain river and floodplain ecosystems. Ecosystem …

Rivers are dynamic components of the terrestrial carbon cycle and provide important
functions in ecosystem processes. Although rivers act as conveyers of carbon to the oceans …

The degradation of inland aquatic habitats caused by decades of human activities has led to
worldwide efforts to rehabilitate freshwater habitats for fisheries and aquatic resources. We …

In the last two decades river restoration has become increasingly a field of research asking a
series of complex questions related not just to science but also to society. Why should we …

This second edition provides the latest emerging theories and ideas in the science of
restoration ecology. Fully one-third longer than the first edition and comprehensive in scope …