Safeguarding freshwater life beyond 2020: Recommendations for the new global biodiversity framework from the European experience

CB van Rees, KA Waylen… - Conservation …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Plans are currently being drafted for the next decade of action on biodiversity—both the post‐
2020 Global Biodiversity Framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and …

[HTML][HTML] Small Water Bodies in Great Britain and Ireland: Ecosystem function, human-generated degradation, and options for restorative action

WD Riley, ECE Potter, J Biggs, AL Collins… - Science of the total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Small, 1st and 2nd-order, headwater streams and ponds play essential roles in
providing natural flood control, trapping sediments and contaminants, retaining nutrients …

A critical analysis of the potential for EU Common Agricultural Policy measures to support wild pollinators on farmland

LJ Cole, D Kleijn, LV Dicks, JC Stout… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Agricultural intensification and associated loss of high‐quality habitats are key drivers of
insect pollinator declines. With the aim of decreasing the environmental impact of …

Urban ponds as an aquatic biodiversity resource in modified landscapes

MJ Hill, J Biggs, I Thornhill, RA Briers… - Global change …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Urbanization is a global process contributing to the loss and fragmentation of natural
habitats. Many studies have focused on the biological response of terrestrial taxa and …

Pond ecology and conservation: research priorities and knowledge gaps

MJ Hill, HM Greaves, CD Sayer, C Hassall, M Milin… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Ponds are among the most biodiverse and ecologically important freshwater habitats
globally and may provide a significant opportunity to mitigate anthropogenic pressures and …

Conservation of aquatic invertebrates: concerns, challenges and conundrums

KJ Collier, PK Probert, M Jeffries - … Conservation: Marine and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Invertebrates inhabiting marine and freshwater ecosystems make important contributions to
global biodiversity and provide significant services that have cascading effects across …

Impacts of human‐induced environmental change in wetlands on aquatic animals

M Sievers, R Hale, KM Parris, SE Swearer - Biological Reviews, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Many wetlands harbour highly diverse biological communities and provide extensive
ecosystem services; however, these important ecological features are being altered …

Challenges and opportunities in the use of ponds and pondscapes as Nature-based Solutions

M Cuenca-Cambronero, M Blicharska, JA Perrin… - Hydrobiologia, 2023 - Springer
Ponds and “pondscapes”(networks of ponds) are crucial habitats for biodiversity and for
delivering multiple benefits to humans, so-called “Nature's Contribution to People”, such as …

Artificial aquatic ecosystems

CC Clifford, JB Heffernan - Water, 2018 - mdpi.com
As humans increasingly alter the surface geomorphology of the Earth, a multitude of artificial
aquatic systems have appeared, both deliberately and accidentally. Human modifications to …

Ponds as insect chimneys: Restoring overgrown farmland ponds benefits birds through elevated productivity of emerging aquatic insects

J Lewis-Phillips, SJ Brooks, CD Sayer, IR Patmore… - Biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Farmland bird populations have experienced severe declines across Europe and
elsewhere. Agricultural intensification is believed to be a main factor behind these declines …