The importance of small waterbodies for biodiversity and ecosystem services: implications for policy makers

J Biggs, S Von Fumetti, M Kelly-Quinn - Hydrobiologia, 2017 - Springer
Small waterbodies, including ponds and small lakes, low-order streams, ditches and
springs, are the most numerous freshwater environments globally, are critical for freshwater …

Plant functional connectivity–integrating landscape structure and effective dispersal

AG Auffret, Y Rico, JM Bullock… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Dispersal is essential for species to survive the threats of habitat destruction and climate
change. Combining descriptions of dispersal ability with those of landscape structure, the …

Restoration of plant species and genetic diversity depends on landscape‐scale dispersal

T Aavik, A Helm - Restoration Ecology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In the era of ongoing global change, it is highly important that restoration efforts lead to
functioning, self‐sustainable ecosystems that are resilient to disturbance and resistant to …

Towards multifunctional land use in an agricultural landscape: A trade-off and synergy analysis in the Lower Fraser Valley, Canada

AM Rallings, SM Smukler, SE Gergel… - Landscape and Urban …, 2019 - Elsevier
Hedgerows and riparian buffers in agricultural landscapes can help increase landscape
multifunctionality and thereby mitigate conflicts among agricultural production and …

Multi-species genetic connectivity in a terrestrial habitat network

RR Marrotte, J Bowman, MGC Brown, C Cordes… - Movement ecology, 2017 - Springer
Background Habitat fragmentation reduces genetic connectivity for multiple species, yet
conservation efforts tend to rely heavily on single-species connectivity estimates to inform …

[PDF][PDF] Green infrastructure can promote plant functional connectivity in a grassland species around fragmented semi‐natural grasslands in NW‐Europe

J Plue, A Kimberley, JM Bullock, B Hellemans… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Species may benefit from green infrastructure, ie the network of natural and anthropogenic
habitat remnants in human‐dominated landscapes, if it helps isolated populations in …

Recruitment and migration patterns reveal a key role for seed banks in the meta-population dynamics of an aquatic plant

M Tomowski, S Lozada-Gobilard, F Jeltsch… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Progressive habitat fragmentation threatens plant species with narrow habitat requirements.
While local environmental conditions define population growth rates and recruitment …

Genome size variation within Crithmum maritimum: Clues on the colonization of insular environments

G Roxo, M Brilhante, M Moura… - Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Angiosperms present an astonishing diversity of genome sizes that can vary intra‐or
interspecifically. The remarkable new cytogenomic data shed some light on our …

Uncharted waters: the rise of human-made aquatic environments in the age of the “Anthropocene”

É Saulnier-Talbot, I Lavoie - Anthropocene, 2018 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic global change, including direct alteration of landscapes and rapid shifts in
climate, is impacting existing aquatic resources negatively, but it is also giving rise to new …

[HTML][HTML] Tides as a key factor driving effective seed dispersal in coastal wetlands

Y Wu, Z Zhang, M Hipsey, M Zhang - Ecological Indicators, 2023 - Elsevier
Seed dispersal is a key process in the conservation of coastal wetland vegetation. In this
study, we selected a typical plant of the Yellow River Delta, namely, Suaeda salsa, to …