Carbon storage in terrestrial ecosystems: do browsing and grazing herbivores matter?

AJ Tanentzap, DA Coomes - Biological Reviews, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Large mammalian herbivores manifest a strong top‐down control on ecosystems that can
transform entire landscapes, but their impacts have not been reviewed in the context of …

Struggle in the flood: tree responses to flooding stress in four tropical floodplain systems

P Parolin, F Wittmann - AoB plants, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Background and aims In the context of the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth in
1809, this study discusses the variation in structure and adaptation associated with survival …

An expert system model for mapping tropical wetlands and peatlands reveals South America as the largest contributor

T Gumbricht, RM Roman‐Cuesta… - Global change …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Wetlands are important providers of ecosystem services and key regulators of climate
change. They positively contribute to global warming through their greenhouse gas …

Observed river discharge changes due to hydropower operations in the Upper Mekong Basin

TA Räsänen, P Someth, H Lauri, J Koponen… - Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Upper Mekong Basin is undergoing extensive hydropower development and its
largest dams have recently become operational. Hydropower is built to improve the regional …

Future changes in Mekong River hydrology: impact of climate change and reservoir operation on discharge

H Lauri, H de Moel, PJ Ward… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2012 - hess.copernicus.org
The transboundary Mekong River is facing two ongoing changes that are expected to
significantly impact its hydrology and the characteristics of its exceptional flood pulse. The …

Wet and wonderful: the world's largest wetlands are conservation priorities

PA Keddy, LH Fraser, AI Solomeshch, WJ Junk… - …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Wetlands perform many essential ecosystem services—carbon storage, flood control,
maintenance of biodiversity, fish production, and aquifer recharge, among others—services …

Water balance analysis for the Tonle Sap Lake–floodplain system

M Kummu, S Tes, S Yin, P Adamson… - Hydrological …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Tonle Sap Lake of Cambodia is the largest freshwater body of Southeast Asia,
forming an important part of the Mekong River system. The lake has an extremely productive …

Spatiotemporal influences of ENSO on precipitation and flood pulse in the Mekong River Basin

TA Räsänen, M Kummu - Journal of Hydrology, 2013 - Elsevier
The Mekong River Basin in South East Asia has experienced in recent decades large inter-
annual variations between large floods and severe droughts. The general perception is that …

Downstream hydrological impacts of hydropower development in the Upper Mekong Basin

TA Räsänen, J Koponen, H Lauri, M Kummu - Water Resources …, 2012 - Springer
Abstract The Mekong River Basin in Southeast Asia is experiencing extensive hydropower
development. Concerns have been raised about the consequences of the development for …

Spatio–temporal variation of vegetation heterogeneity in groundwater dependent ecosystems within arid environments

KS Mpakairi, T Dube, F Dondofema, T Dalu - Ecological Informatics, 2022 - Elsevier
Climate change, land cover change and the over–abstraction of groundwater threaten the
existence of Groundwater-Dependent Ecosystems (GDE), despite these environments being …