The globally important nature of wetland ecosystems has led to their increased protection
and restoration as well as their use in engineered systems. Underpinning the beneficial …

One of the main issues in community ecology is the detection of structure and the
identification of its related causes. In this study, co-occurrence null models were used to …

We explored the hypothesis that flood events and connectivity interact with local factors
(biotic and abiotic) to drive changes in aquatic vegetation in a typical backwater lake …

Our aim was to assess whether plant trait values and functional types are associated with
environmental features in floodplain wetlands. The study was conducted in the Lower …

Coastal sand dune vegetation in Central Black Sea Region of Turkey was investigated by
numerical methods. Eight plant associations were determined according to two-way …

Remote Sensing (RS) and Geographic Information System (GIS) approaches, combined
with ground truthing, are providing new tools for advanced ecosystem management, by …

Wetlands provide a number of valuable functions to both the surrounding environment and
society. The anaerobic conditions created by flooding in wetlands provide a habitat that …

Annual wild rice (Zizania aquatica L.), a species of conservation concern, is an ecologically
and culturally important aquatic grass found in stands in the near shore habitats of lakes and …

Wetland ecosystems are often biodiversity hotspots but are under various threats including
climate change. For a Critically Endangered tortoise, Pseudemydura umbrina existing only …

Performance of aquatic macrophytes is driven by many environmental factors, and a major
challenge is to understand how aquatic macrophyte communities are structured in various …