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Abstract Introduction Ecological restoration projects are rapidly expanding in size, complexity, and frequency globally, driven by international agreements and an increased recognition of the efficacy of actions for biodiversity. Upscaling restoration will increasingly necessitate the restoration of multiple physically or functionally connected ...
Erin K. Wills +4 more
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Over the past century, drylands have undergone significant landscape transformations. Abandonment of traditional crops and pastures led to development of extensive afforestation programs with conifers, which often lacked an ecologically sound orientation,
Juan Rubio-Ríos +3 more
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ABSTRACT Habitat loss and fragmentation are causing major global biodiversity declines. Strategic ecological restoration can mitigate native vegetation decline, and is especially important for fauna with habitat and dietary specialisations, for which restoring key ecosystem features may be more critical than increasing revegetated area.
Sarah Legge +9 more
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Perennial, low‐order headwater streams provide critical ecosystem functions, including habitat for specialized aquatic species. Anthropogenic disturbances can degrade biological and physical conditions in headwater streams, with potentially corresponding
Aimee P. McIntyre +9 more
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Riparian forests are fundamental for regulating ecological processes in headwater stream networks and are often considered of high conservation value. Because riparian delineation methods including fixed-width buffers, topography-based methods, and field
Ewa M. Grabska, William S. Keeton
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ABSTRACT This study investigated the effects of season and environmental disturbances on fish communities in neotropical rivers of the Sorocaba basin, a Sub‐Basin of the Paraná River in Southeast Brazil, based on sampling 1196 individuals from 49 species, including two non‐native and one threatened with extinction.
Natalia S. Alves +2 more
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ABSTRACT While primary forests are declining, regenerating habitats are becoming increasingly common. In fragmented environments, streams may function as corridors between forest remnants for riparian and aquatic species. However, the responses of stream‐associated species to forest regeneration remain understudied.
Moira L. M. Wiedebusch +2 more
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ABSTRACT The concurrent effects of climate change and anthropogenic disturbances, such as mining disasters, can significantly influence the distribution of exotic plant species, either by reducing climatic suitability for some taxa or by creating disturbed conditions that favor their establishment and spread.
Flávio Mariano Machado Mota +4 more
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River ecological restoration in lowland plain basins is often constrained by fragmented river networks, degraded riparian zones, eutrophication risk, and intensive human disturbance.
Guoxu Chen +5 more
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