The dramatic increase in soil degradation in the last few decades has led to the need to
identify methods to define not only soil quality but also, in a holistic approach, soil health. In …

Climate-driven changes in hydrological regimes are of global importance and are
particularly significant in riparian ecosystems. Riparian ecosystems in California provide …

Bio-indicators are extremely useful for quickly assessing the true condition of a rapidly
deteriorating freshwater environment at a low cost. Global research has shown that the …

The exchange of nutrients and organic material that occurs along the riparian zones of
stream ecosystems is vital to providing energetic subsidies for both aquatic and terrestrial …

Relative to fallow-cash crop rotations, the addition of a cover crop can contribute to greater
plant diversity and has the potential to conserve predatory arthropods. The transition of …

Habitat loss is one of the main consequences of landscape transformation by humans.
Monitoring biodiversity changes in areas under different management strategies is …

Tropical dry forest is one of the most threatened and least studied tropical ecosystems
despite high species diversity and endemism. In Colombia, the knowledge of spider diversity …

Aquatic and riparian systems in the western United States have been highly modified by
anthropogenic impacts since Euro-American settlement. Ecological restoration is a practice …

Los ecosistemas acuáticos ocupan el 70% de la superficie del planeta, sin embargo, de
esta cantidad el 97.5% es agua salada distribuida en mares y océanos, el restante es agua …