Progress on mechanisms and impacts of wetland plant invasions: a twenty-year retrospective analysis and priorities for the next twenty

SM Hovick, CR Adams, NO Anderson… - Critical Reviews in …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Invasive plants are ubiquitous features of many wetland systems, resulting in impacts that
are extremely costly in both economic and ecological terms. Approximately twenty years …

Soil seedbank: Importance for revegetation in the water level fluctuation zone of the reservoir area

T Li, Z Zhu, Y Shao, Z Chen, M Roß-Nickoll - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Vegetation succession in the water level fluctuation zone (WLFZ) is driven by periodical
water fluctuations, the mechanisms of response and synergistic evolution between …

Influence of local environmental gradients on ecological strategies of herbaceous communities in riverine side channels

C Gaudichet, S Greulich, S Grellier… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Questions In riverine side channels (secondary and former arms), the alternation of lotic,
lentic and dry phases produces disturbance and resource gradients that filter species and …

Plants and river morphodynamics: The emergence of fluvial biogeomorphology

AM Gurnell, W Bertoldi - River Research and Applications, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In this article, we track the evolution of fluvial biogeomorphology from the middle of the 20th
century to the present. We consider the emergence of fluvial biogeomorphology as an …

[HTML][HTML] Permanent removal of livestock grazing in riparian systems benefits native vegetation

CS Jones, DH Duncan, L Rumpff, D Robinson… - Global Ecology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Livestock grazing in riparian areas has significant impacts on waterway ecosystems. In
Australia, livestock grazing is allowed on many public waterway frontages under long-term …

Effect of flooding gradient on soil seedbank and standing vegetation in a disconnecting side channel of the Loire River (France)

C Gaudichet, S Greulich, S Grellier, S Rodrigues - Hydrobiologia, 2022 - Springer
This research aimed to disentangle the role of the connectivity gradient as a dispersal and
environmental filter. This was done by comparing community composition and plant …

Riverine aquatic plants trap propagules and fine sediment: Implications for ecosystem engineering and management under contrasting land uses

SA McKendrick, MJ Burns, M Imberger… - Earth Surface …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Plants in streams act as physical ecosystem engineers, both influencing and responding to
hydrogeomorphic processes such as fine sediment retention. Instream vegetation may also …

Environmental Flow Increases The Riparian Vegetation Diversity And Community Similarity

M Guo, WL Xue, C Wang, WZ Li, H Gao, N Saintilan… - Wetlands, 2024 - Springer
Environmental flow is increasingly used in restoring degraded riparian vegetation. To
assess the impact of environmental flow on plant community characteristics and to provide a …

Benchmarking Riparian Vegetation Quality in Recovering Rivers: Implications for Management of Novel Ecosystems

E Duxbury, K Fryirs, MR Leishman - Environmental Management, 2024 - Springer
Anthropogenic disturbance has led to widespread vegetation clearing and geomorphic
adjustment along most of the world's rivers. Over the past 50 years, riparian vegetation has …

Environmental flows drive sediment and seed supply in regulated rivers

J Greet, SA McKendrick, K Russell… - Earth Surface …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental flows are commonly provided in regulated rivers to maintain and restore
riverine environments, including riverbank vegetation. Given the expense and political …