Environmental degradation by invasive alien plants in the anthropocene: challenges and prospects for sustainable restoration

PK Rai - Anthropocene Science, 2022 - Springer
Biodiversity, soil, air, and water are the vital life-supporting systems of this planet Earth.
However, the deliberate and accidental introduction of invasive alien plants (IAPs) in the …

The influence of global change on Europe's water cycle and groundwater recharge

T Riedel, TKD Weber - Hydrogeology Journal, 2020 - Springer
Roughly a third of Europe's water demand is satisfied by groundwater abstraction.
Understanding how future changes in climate, weather, vegetation and land use will affect …

The human–environment nexus and vegetation–rainfall sensitivity in tropical drylands

C Abel, S Horion, T Tagesson… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Global climate change is projected to lead to an increase in both the areal extent and
degree of aridity in the world's drylands. At the same time, the majority of drylands are …

Reforestation effects on low flows: Review of public perceptions and scientific evidence

I van Meerveld, J Seibert - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
This review article focuses on the complex relationships between forests and water,
particularly the effects of forests on streamflow during meteorological droughts. The impact …

[HTML][HTML] How to not trade water for carbon with tree planting in water-limited temperate biomes?

C Tölgyesi, AA Hábenczyus, A Kelemen… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The most widespread nature-based solution for mitigating climate change is tree planting.
When realized as forest restoration in historically forested biomes, it can efficiently contribute …

Monitoring vegetation dynamics with open earth observation tools: the case of fire-modulated savanna to forest transitions in Central Africa

P Ploton, G Viennois, JB Féret, B Sonké… - ISPRS Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Woody encroachment and forest progression are widespread in forest-savanna transitional
areas in Central Africa. Quantifying these dynamics and understanding their drivers at …

Belowground impacts of alpine woody encroachment are determined by plant traits, local climate, and soil conditions

CG Collins, MJ Spasojevic, CL Alados… - Global change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Global climate and land use change are causing woody plant encroachment in arctic,
alpine, and arid/semi‐arid ecosystems around the world, yet our understanding of the …

Unexpected hydrologic response to ecosystem state change in tallgrass prairie

RM Keen, K Sadayappan, KM Jarecke, L Li, MF Kirk… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
In grasslands around the world, climate change is occurring in tandem with woody
encroachment (the spread of woody vegetation in grass-dominated ecosystems). State …

Indirect effects of revegetation dominate groundwater recharge change at the basin scale

X Yan, J Sun, S Li, T Ning, Z Li - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2024 - Elsevier
Attribution of groundwater recharge (GR) change is important for understanding subsurface
hydrological processes and managing regional groundwater resources. Despite vegetation …

Impact of eastern redcedar proliferation on water resources in the Great Plains USA—current state of knowledge

CB Zou, D Twidwell, CH Bielski, DT Fogarty… - Water, 2018 - mdpi.com
In the Great Plains of the central United States, water resources for human and aquatic life
rely primarily on surface runoff and local recharge from rangelands that are under rapid …