The expansion of urban areas is one of the most significant anthropogenic impacts on the
natural landscape. Due to their sensitivity to stressors in both aquatic and terrestrial habitats …

We summarized landscape approaches used in the study of freshwater ecosystems,
updated recent literature reviews on interactions between terrestrial and lotic ecosystems …

Populations of bumblebees and other pollinators have declined over the past several
decades due to numerous threats, including habitat loss and degradation. However, we can …

Significant ecosystem services derive from the coastal wetlands of the Laurentian Great
Lakes even though two-thirds of the original coastal wetlands have been lost since …

National park units and protected areas face critical management challenges because of
changing land-cover types and variability of landscape contexts within and adjacent the park …

Despite California policies requiring assessment of ambient wetland condition and
compensatory wetland mitigations, no intensive monitoring tools have been developed to …

Abstract Wetlands of the Great Lakes region are increasingly dominated by invasive cattails
(Typha angustifolia and Typha X glauca) which form dense stands of live and dead biomass …

Over 2000 coastal wetland complexes have been identified in the Laurentian Great Lakes
watershed, each providing critical habitat for numerous aquatic and terrestrial species …

Abstract Background The European Water Framework Directive (WFD) has been
implemented to achieve a good ecological status in European water bodies requiring …

Previous attempts to identify nationally important wetlands for biodiversity in New Zealand
were based on expert panel opinions because quantitative approaches were hampered by …