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LiDAR-based predictions of flow channels through riparian buffer zones

Water Science, 2015
Riparian buffer zones (RBZs) are critical for protecting stream water quality. High Resolution Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data provides a way to locate channels where water can flow through a RBZ and into a stream.
A.G. Solomons, E.A. Mikhailova, C.J. Post, J.L. Sharp   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Green water, wetlands, and atmospheric moisture recycling ‐ An emerging new paradigm for grassland science

Grassland Research, EarlyView.
The importance of green water in water resource management. Conceptual classification of terrestrial water components highlighting the central role of green water in land‐atmosphere interactions. This schematic distinguishes green water (soil moisture available for plant uptake and evapotranspiration) from blue water (surface water, groundwater, and ...
Khadija Javed, Cory Matthew, Humayun Javed   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The integrated reproductive response: the scope for seasonal phenotypic flexibility shapes reproductive outcomes across fish populations

Oikos, EarlyView.
Across north‐temperate environments, rapid environmental change has disrupted the seasonal life histories of resident organisms, decreasing the reliability of environmental cues. Flexible responses capable of buffering the effects of unpredictable environmental variation to defend performance and reproductive outcomes may thus be key to species‐ and ...
Timothy J. Fernandes, Sofia Pereira, Brian J. Shuter, Bailey C. McMeans   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of buffer strips along small watercourses on farmland spiders (Araneae) and ground beetles (Carabidae)

European Journal of Entomology
Buffer strips along small waterways that are adjacent to arable land are important for improving water quality and are common measures in agri-environmental schemes.
Johannes BURMEISTER, Sabine BIRNBECK, Bernd PANASSITI, Theo BLICK, Roswitha WALTER   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Quantifying land use effects on forested riparian buffer vegetation structure using LiDAR data

Ecosphere, 2015
Quantifying variability of forested riparian buffer (FRB) vegetation structure with variation in adjacent land use supports an understanding of how anthropogenic disturbance influences the ability of riparian systems to perform ecosystem services ...
Leah Wasser, Laura Chasmer, Rick Day, Alan Taylor   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Influence of vegetation structure on lidar-derived canopy height and fractional cover in forested riparian buffers during leaf-off and leaf-on conditions. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
Estimates of canopy height (H) and fractional canopy cover (FC) derived from lidar data collected during leaf-on and leaf-off conditions are compared with field measurements from 80 forested riparian buffer plots.
Leah Wasser, Rick Day, Laura Chasmer, Alan Taylor   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Identifying knowledge barriers to agroforestry adoption and co‐designing solutions to them

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Compared to monocultures, agroforestry can promote biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and climate resilience, whilst maintaining or enhancing production and profits. Despite this, uptake in temperate regions remains low. Knowledge gaps amongst land managers are a primary barrier to uptake, but little is known about which aspects of ...
Amelia S. C. Hood, Verena Scherfranz, Rosy E. Scholes, Erika Degani, Tom Staton, Alexa Varah, Lena Schaller, Alice L. Mauchline   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nitrogen removal and the fate of Nitrate in Riparian buffer zones [PDF]

, 2001
Riparian buffer zones, adjacent to waterways, may protect water quality by intercepting and removing nitrogen in runoff from agricultural land. This research comprised four parts: (1) a field study of nitrogen buffering by differently vegetated riparian ...
Matheson, Fleur Elizabeth
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A Functional Flows Framework for the Terminal Great Salt Lake Basin: Can We Have Our Lake and Drink It Too?

River Research and Applications, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Terminal basins provide unique aquatic environments that are often highly sensitive to streamflow contributions, making them a focal point for environmental water management. However, the water needs for terminal lake, wetland, and river ecosystems, and how they relate, remain a fundamental knowledge gap that constrains our ability to ...
Belize Lane, Melissa Stamp, Sarah E. Null, Paul Thompson, Jeffrey Ostermiller, Farah Nusrat, Noelle Patterson, Maddie Witte, Bethany Neilson, Michelle Baker   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Optimal riparian landscape management scale for simultaneous water quality improvement and riverine greenhouse gas emission mitigation

Ecological Indicators
Riverine buffer zones are critical terrestrial-aquatic interfaces for regulating hydrochemistry in watershed landscape management. However, the optimal spatial scale for riverine buffer zone management to synergistically enhance water quality and ...
Xianxiang Li, Ya Li, Junfeng Wang, Jiao Liu, Xin Chen, Junwu Liu, Yingchun Fang, Qun Gao, Shaoda Liu, Xinghui Xia   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source