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 …

Background Rescuing amphibian diversity is an achievable conservation challenge.
Disease mitigation is one essential component of population management. Here we assess …

Effective management of alien species requires detecting populations in the early stages of
invasion. Environmental DNA (eDNA) sampling can detect aquatic species at relatively low …

Global, national, and regional assessments of the potential effects of Global Climate Change
(GCC) have been recently released, but not one of these assessments has specifically …

The biodiversity value of Northern European temporary ponds has been little recognised,
and there are many gaps in our understanding of their ecology. This study investigated the …

Rice fields are temporary wetlands that harbor many of the same species that breed in
natural temporary ponds. Therefore the rice agroecosystem has the potential to help sustain …

Ponds are common landscape features but have been poorly studied compared to other
freshwater habitats in the UK, despite their high frequency of occurrence. In the last century …

Amphibian larvae often face two major sources of mortality: pond desiccation and predation.
Tadpoles of seven anuran species with different preferences for type of breeding habitat, on …

Despite the importance assigned to inter-patch movements in fragmented systems, the
structure of landscape between suitable habitat patches, the matrix, is often considered as to …

Relative changes and age distribution of habitats were investigated in the active channel of
a bar‐braided and an island‐braided reach of the Tagliamento River (NE‐Italy). Between …