Contribution of artificial waterbodies to biodiversity: A glass half empty or half full?

JM Zamora-Marín, C Ilg, E Demierre, N Bonnet… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Artificial ponds are increasingly created for the services they provide to humans. While they
have the potential to offer habitats for freshwater biodiversity, their contribution to regional …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the conservation status of Mediterranean coastal ponds: Checklist, ecological and functional diversity of diatom communities

D Taurozzi, M Scalici - Continental Shelf Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Coastal ponds are peculiar and threatened habitats, considered biodiversity hotspots. In
many ecosystems ponds can be a valuable resource for the conservation of freshwater …

[HTML][HTML] Traditional small waterbodies as key landscape elements for farmland bird conservation in Mediterranean semiarid agroecosystems

JM Zamora-Marín, A Zamora-López… - Global Ecology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Farmland bird populations are declining worldwide as a consequence of agricultural
intensification, and the loss of singular landscape elements has been suggested as one of …

Ecological drivers of Odonata beta diversity in arid and semi‐arid regions of the central plateau of Iran

Z Eslami, M Ebrahimi, M Kiany… - Insect Conservation and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Freshwater habitats are among the most threatened and least studied habitats in arid
regions of Iran. Discovering factors responsible for the spatial variation of biodiversity are …

Downstream changes in odonate (Insecta: Odonata) communities along a suburban to urban gradient: Untangling natural and anthropogenic effects

WB Worthen, RK Fravel, CP Horne - Insects, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Dragonflies are sensitive to natural and human-caused variation in the
aquatic and terrestrial habitats where their larvae and adults live. For example, a reduction …

[HTML][HTML] Physical habitat condition as a key tool to maintain freshwater biodiversity in neotropical artificial ponds

MS Linares, LB dos Santos, M Callisto… - Water Biology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
In areas highly affected by anthropogenic disturbances, artificial (human-made) freshwater
ecosystems can provide habitat for maintaining and conserving regional freshwater …

Good new (t) s: Rapid recolonization of a restored fish‐invaded habitat by two newt species in southern Italy

M Chiacchio, G Paudice, A Senese… - Aquatic Conservation …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Habitat modification and invasive species are considered some of the most impelling causes
of the ongoing sixth mass extinction, especially in freshwater ecosystems. Artificial water …

Nestedness of stream insects in Subtropical region: importance of inter-annual temporal scale

LU Hepp, SV Milesi, D Nava, RM Restello - Iheringia. Série Zoologia, 2021 - SciELO Brasil
Stream insects use in different ways the stream habitats which affect patterns of species
occurrence on stream. The nestedness is one of these patterns being an ecological …

[PDF][PDF] Water Biology and Security

MS Linares, LB dos Santos, M Callisto, JC Santos - researchgate.net
Freshwater gastropods play a pivotal role in the structure and functioning of freshwater
ecosystems, but despite their importance, there are still gaps in their ecology. Our goal was …

[PDF][PDF] Geologia dell'Ambiente

P trimestrale della SIGEA - 2012 - sigeaweb.it
I dissesti che hanno interessato la fascia costiera tirrenica Page 1 Geologia dell’Ambiente
Periodico trimestrale della SIGEA Società Italiana di Geologia Ambientale Supplemento al n …