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Effect of small catchment dams on downstream vegetation of a seasonal river in semi-arid African savanna.

Published online: 10 Jul 2002

Authors: O'Connor, T. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Seasonal rivers in semiarid African savannas support riparian woodland and hydromorphic grassland, key habitats for wildlife or livestock. We investig...

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The abundance and distribution of guilds of riparian woody plants change in response to land use and flow regulation.

Published online: 07 Nov 2018

Authors: Aguiar, F. C. & Segurado, P. & Martins, M. J. & Bejarano, M. D. & Nilsson, C. & Portela, M. M. & Merritt, D. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Many riparian ecosystems in Mediterranean Europe are affected by land use and flow alteration by dams. We focused on understanding how these stressors...

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Livestock management and dam removal allowed the recovery of an aquatic habitat for endangered frog and fish species in Argentinian Patagonia.

Published online: 12 Sep 2018

Authors: Arellano, M. L. & Velasco, M. A. & Quiroga, S. & Kass, C. A. & Kass, N. A. & Kacoliris, F. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Conservation Evidence

Placement of fencing around a stream to prevent livestock damage and water flow restoration via removal of a dam allowed riparian and aquatic vegetati...

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Waterscapes meet socio-ecological models: a relational framework to examine water insecurity and human health and well-being.

Published online: 10 Sep 2024

Authors: Tallman, P. S. & Piland, N. C. & Villarmarzo, M. & Victoria-Lacy, L. & Valdés-Velásquez, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Water insecurity, the inability to benefit from affordable, adequate, reliable and safe water, is one of the greatest contemporary threats facing huma...

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China's transboundary waters: new paradigms for water and ecological security through applied ecology.

Published online: 08 Oct 2014

Authors: He DaMing & Wu RuiDong & Feng Yan & Li YunGang & Ding ChengZhi & Wang WenLing & Yu, D. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

China is Asia's most important upstream riparian country, sharing 110 rivers and lakes with 18 downstream countries. Consequently, China's management ...

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Prioritizing barrier removal to improve functional connectivity of rivers.

Published online: 08 Oct 2014

Authors: Branco, P. & Segurado, P. & Santos, J. M. & Ferreira, M. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Freshwater systems are severely impacted by connectivity reduction due to the construction of dams and weirs. The breach of this longitudinal connecti...

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A low input approach to vegetation establishment on mine and coal ash wastes in semi-arid regions. II. Lagooned pulverized fuel ash in Zimbabwe.

Published online: 25 Jun 1995

Authors: Piha, M. I. & Vallack, H. W. & Michael, N. & Reeler, B. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A low input approach to the establishment of vegetation on mine and coal ash wastes is illustrated by application to a pulverized fuel ash (PFA) dam i...

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Directed connectivity among fish populations in a riverine network.

Published online: 19 Dec 2007

Authors: Schick, R. S. & Lindley, S. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The addition of large water storage dams to rivers in California's Central Valley blocked access to spawning habitat and has resulted in a dramatic de...

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Habitat use and movement patterns for a fluvial species, the Arctic grayling, in a watershed impacted by a large reservoir: evidence from otolith microchemistry.

Published online: 19 Dec 2007

Authors: Clarke, A. D. & Telmer, K. H. & Shrimpton, J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Fluvial environments are lost following construction of dams and flooding of river valleys. Rivers flowing into newly created reservoirs are still con...

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Impacts of irrigation on fisheries in rain-fed rice-farming landscapes.

Published online: 02 Nov 2005

Authors: Nguyen Khoa, S. & Lorenzen, K. & Garaway, C. & Chamsinhg, B. & Siebert, D. & Randone, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Expanding irrigation development threatens the productive and diverse fisheries of rain-fed rice-farming landscapes. Environmental management of irrig...

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