Landscape perspectives in riverine ecology have been undertaken increasingly in the last
30 years, leading aquatic ecologists to develop a diverse set of approaches for …

Riparian zones are among the most valuable ecosystems on the earth. They act as the
ecological engineers that improve river health through delivering a range of ecosystem …

River hydromorphology has long been subjected to huge anthropogenic pressures with
severe negative impacts on related ecosystems' functioning and water quality. Therefore …

We reviewed the literature on the effects of land use changes on mediterranean river
ecosystems (med-rivers) to provide a foundation and directions for future research on …

Riparian corridors in Mediterranean-climate regions (med-regions) are resource-rich
habitats within water-limited, larger landscapes. However, little is known about how their …

Various landscape metrics have been used in the past to provide a quantitative description
of landscape structure. Many authors have pointed out that the scale of the input data and …

Recent afforestation in Europe might involve deep changes on landscape composition and
configuration. We show that afforestation promotes defragmentation of pre-existing forests …

Environmental managers need information to quickly detect which stressor combinations
should be addressed to reverse river degradation across large study areas. The pivotal role …

Riparian zones play a significant role in ecological and biological sciences, as well as in
environmental management and engineering perspectives because of their multiple …

Riparian ecosystems are critical biological habitat that needs to be preserved. These
systems face multiple stresses of altered water regime, increased human interference and …