11 results on '"Erin E. Beller"'
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2. Patterns in bird and pollinator occupancy and richness in a mosaic of urban office parks across scales and seasons
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Kelly J. Iknayan, Sacha K. Heath, Scott B. Terrill, Daniel G. Wenny, Stephanie Panlasigui, Yiwei Wang, Erin E. Beller, and Erica N. Spotswood
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cities ,landscape ,local ,multi‐species occupancy ,neighborhood ,species richness ,Ecology ,QH540-549.5 - Abstract
Abstract Urbanization is a leading cause of global biodiversity loss, yet cities can provide resources required by many species throughout the year. In recognition of this, cities around the world are adopting strategies to increase biodiversity. These efforts would benefit from a robust understanding of how natural and enhanced features in urbanized areas influence various taxa. We explored seasonal and spatial patterns in occupancy and taxonomic richness of birds and pollinators among office parks in Santa Clara County, California, USA, where natural features and commercial landscaping have generated variation in conditions across scales. We surveyed birds and insect pollinators, estimated multi‐species occupancy and species richness, and found that spatial scale (local, neighborhood, and landscape scale), season, and urban sensitivity were all important for understanding how communities occupied sites. Features at the landscape (distance to streams or baylands) and local scale (tree canopy, shrub, or impervious cover) were the strongest predictors of avian occupancy in all seasons. Pollinator richness was influenced by local tree canopy and impervious cover in spring, and distance to baylands in early and late summer. We then predicted the relative contributions of different spatial scales to annual bird species richness by simulating “good” and “poor” quality sites based on influential covariates returned by the previous models. Shifting from poor to good quality conditions locally increased annual avian richness by up to 6.8 species with no predicted effect on the quality of the neighborhood. Conversely, sites of poor local and neighborhood scale quality in good‐quality landscapes were predicted to harbor 11.5 more species than sites of good local‐ and neighborhood‐scale quality in poor‐quality landscapes. Finally, more urban‐sensitive bird species were gained at good quality sites relative to urban tolerant species, suggesting that urban natural features at the local and landscape scales disproportionately benefited them.
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- 2024
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3. Priorities for synthesis research in ecology and environmental science
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Benjamin S. Halpern, Carl Boettiger, Michael C. Dietze, Jessica A. Gephart, Patrick Gonzalez, Nancy B. Grimm, Peter M. Groffman, Jessica Gurevitch, Sarah E. Hobbie, Kimberly J. Komatsu, Kristy J. Kroeker, Heather J. Lahr, David M. Lodge, Christopher J. Lortie, Julie S. S. Lowndes, Fiorenza Micheli, Hugh P. Possingham, Mary H. Ruckelshaus, Courtney Scarborough, Chelsea L. Wood, Grace C. Wu, Lina Aoyama, Eva E. Arroyo, Christie A. Bahlai, Erin E. Beller, Rachael E. Blake, Karrigan S. Bork, Trevor A. Branch, Norah E. M. Brown, Julien Brun, Emilio M. Bruna, Lauren B. Buckley, Jessica L. Burnett, Max C. N. Castorani, Samantha H. Cheng, Sarah C. Cohen, Jessica L. Couture, Larry B. Crowder, Laura E. Dee, Arildo S. Dias, Ignacio J. Diaz‐Maroto, Martha R. Downs, Joan C. Dudney, Erle C. Ellis, Kyle A. Emery, Jacob G. Eurich, Bridget E. Ferriss, Alexa Fredston, Hikaru Furukawa, Sara A. Gagné, Sarah R. Garlick, Colin J. Garroway, Kaitlyn M. Gaynor, Angélica L. González, Eliza M. Grames, Tamar Guy‐Haim, Ed Hackett, Lauren M. Hallett, Tamara K. Harms, Danielle E. Haulsee, Kyle J. Haynes, Elliott L. Hazen, Rebecca M. Jarvis, Kristal Jones, Gaurav S. Kandlikar, Dustin W. Kincaid, Matthew L. Knope, Anil Koirala, Jurek Kolasa, John S. Kominoski, Julia Koricheva, Lesley T. Lancaster, Jake A. Lawlor, Heili E. Lowman, Frank E. Muller‐Karger, Kari E. A. Norman, Nan Nourn, Casey C. O'Hara, Suzanne X. Ou, Jacqueline L. Padilla‐Gamino, Paula Pappalardo, Ryan A. Peek, Dominique Pelletier, Stephen Plont, Lauren C. Ponisio, Cristina Portales‐Reyes, Diogo B. Provete, Eric J. Raes, Carlos Ramirez‐Reyes, Irene Ramos, Sydne Record, Anthony J. Richardson, Roberto Salguero‐Gómez, Erin V. Satterthwaite, Chloé Schmidt, Aaron J. Schwartz, Craig R. See, Brendan D. Shea, Rachel S. Smith, Eric R. Sokol, Christopher T. Solomon, Trisha Spanbauer, Paris V. Stefanoudis, Beckett W. Sterner, Vitor Sudbrack, Jonathan D. Tonkin, Ashley R. Townes, Mireia Valle, Jonathan A. Walter, Kathryn I. Wheeler, William R. Wieder, David R. Williams, Marten Winter, Barbora Winterova, Lucy C. Woodall, Adam S. Wymore, and Casey Youngflesh
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complexity ,coupled systems ,diversity ,ecological scale ,justice ,predictability ,Ecology ,QH540-549.5 - Abstract
Abstract Synthesis research in ecology and environmental science improves understanding, advances theory, identifies research priorities, and supports management strategies by linking data, ideas, and tools. Accelerating environmental challenges increases the need to focus synthesis science on the most pressing questions. To leverage input from the broader research community, we convened a virtual workshop with participants from many countries and disciplines to examine how and where synthesis can address key questions and themes in ecology and environmental science in the coming decade. Seven priority research topics emerged: (1) diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice (DEIJ), (2) human and natural systems, (3) actionable and use‐inspired science, (4) scale, (5) generality, (6) complexity and resilience, and (7) predictability. Additionally, two issues regarding the general practice of synthesis emerged: the need for increased participant diversity and inclusive research practices; and increased and improved data flow, access, and skill‐building. These topics and practices provide a strategic vision for future synthesis in ecology and environmental science.
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- 2023
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4. Past forward: Recommendations from historical ecology for ecosystem management
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Erin E. Beller, Loren McClenachan, Erika S. Zavaleta, and Laurel G. Larsen
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Ecology ,QH540-549.5 - Abstract
In the context of accelerating environmental change, there is an urgent need to identify ecosystem conservation, restoration, and management strategies likely to support biodiverse and adaptive ecosystems into the future. The field of historical ecology has generated a substantial body of recommendations for ecosystem management, yet these insights have never been synthesized. We reviewed >200 historical ecology studies and analyzed recommendations for ecosystem management emerging from the field. The majority of studies (∼90%) derived from North American and Europe, with forests being the focus of nearly half (48%) of all papers. Papers emphasized the need to protect and restore both habitat remnants and modified ecosystems in management, the value of ecosystems as cultural landscapes, and the importance of adopting a landscape-scale perspective for ecosystem management. Nearly one-quarter contained a recommendation that challenged status quo management, underscoring the value of a historical perspective in setting management goals, strategies, and targets. Fewer than 12% of papers contained recommendations that explicitly addressed ongoing or projected climate change, suggesting opportunities to integrate findings from historical ecology with other perspectives to create forward-looking management strategies that are rooted in place and past. Keywords: Historical ecology, Ecological restoration, Ecosystem management, Landscape history, Climate change adaptation
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- 2020
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5. Nature inequity and higher COVID-19 case rates in less-green neighbourhoods in the United States
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Robert I. McDonald, Timon McPhearson, Erin E. Beller, Megan M. Wheeler, Matthew Benjamin, Erica N. Spotswood, Ming Kuo, Deborah Balk, and Lauren Stoneburner
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Global and Planetary Change ,Ecology ,Inequality ,Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Geography, Planning and Development ,Biodiversity ,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law ,Normalized Difference Vegetation Index ,Urban Studies ,Distress ,Geography ,Pandemic ,Socioeconomics ,Neighbourhood (mathematics) ,Recreation ,Nature and Landscape Conservation ,Food Science ,media_common - Abstract
Urban nature—such as greenness and parks—can alleviate distress and provide space for safe recreation during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, nature is often less available in low-income populations and communities of colour—the same communities hardest hit by COVID-19. In analyses of two datasets, we quantified inequity in greenness and park proximity across all urbanized areas in the United States and linked greenness and park access to COVID-19 case rates for ZIP codes in 17 states. Areas with majority persons of colour had both higher case rates and less greenness. Furthermore, when controlling for sociodemographic variables, an increase of 0.1 in the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index was associated with a 4.1% decrease in COVID-19 incidence rates (95% confidence interval: 0.9–6.8%). Across the United States, block groups with lower income and majority persons of colour are less green and have fewer parks. Our results demonstrate that the communities most impacted by COVID-19 also have the least nature nearby. Given that urban nature is associated with both human health and biodiversity, these results have far-reaching implications both during and beyond the pandemic. Access to green space has been a critical, and contentious, issue for neighbourhood inequality and health outcomes. This Analysis looks at how the COVID-19 pandemic interacts with availability of nature for urban residents.
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- 2021
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6. Simulating rewetting events in intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams: a global analysis of leached nutrients and organic matter
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Arnaud Foulquier, Michael T. Bogan, Björn Gücker, Roland Corti, Daniel von Schiller, Pablo Rodríguez-Lozano, Fiona Dyer, Vladimir Pešić, Stefan Lorenz, Klement Tockner, Jonathan C. Marshall, Lluís Gómez-Gener, Ana Savić, Thibault Datry, Dominik Zak, Rubén del Campo, Marcos Moleón, Clara Mendoza-Lera, Elisabeth I. Meyer, Chelsea J. Little, Simone Guareschi, Ross Vander Vorste, Richardo Figueroa, Florian Altermatt, Michael Danger, Oleksandra Shumilova, Musa C. Mlambo, Rosa Gómez Cerezo, Annamaria Zoppini, Joanna Blessing, Kate S. Boersma, Petr Paril, Núria Bonada, Alisha L. Steward, Christiane Zarfl, Amina Taleb, Manuel A. S. Graça, Juan F. Blanco-Libreros, Peter M. Negus, Isabel Pardo, Iola G. Boëchat, Ryan M. Burrows, Stephanie M. Carlson, Angus R. McIntosh, Mark O. Gessner, Andy Banegas-Medina, Simone D. Langhans, María Isabel Arce, Kate Brintrup, Rachel Stubbington, Pierre Gnohossou, Biel Obrador, Athina Papatheodoulou, Erin E. Beller, Nick Bond, Shai Arnon, Robert J. Rolls, Brian Four, Catherine M. Febria, Sophie Cauvy-Fraunié, Bianca de Freitas Terra, Catherine Leigh, Emile Faye, Andreas Bruder, Daniel C. Allan, Jason L. Hwan, Núria Cid, Skhumbuzo Kubheka, Damien Banas, Nathan J. Waltham, M. M. Sánchez-Montoya, Arturo Elosegi, Marko Miliša, Dev K. Niyogi, Anna Maria De Girolamo, Tommaso Cancellario, Melanie L. Blanchette, European Commission, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Freie Universität Berlin, University of Trento, Universität Rostock, Aarhus University, Institut National de Recherche en Sciences et Technologies pour l'Environnement et l'Agriculture (IRSTEA), University of the Basque Country (University of the Basque Country), Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine (LECA), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry]), University of Barcelona, Austrian Science Fund (FWF), University of Oklahoma (OU), University of Zurich, Centro de Edafologia y Biologia Aplicada del Segura, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), Unité de Recherches Animal et Fonctionnalités des Produits Animaux (URAFPA), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université de Lorraine (UL), Universidad de Concepción, University of California [Berkeley], University of California, Edith Cowan University, University of Antioquia, Queensland Government, Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei (UFSJ), University of California [San Diego] (UC San Diego), University of Arizona, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona [Barcelona] (UAB), La Trobe University, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Switzerland, Griffith University [Brisbane], University of Navarra, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Environnements Continentaux (LIEC), Université de Lorraine (UL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Lorraine (UL), Universidade Estadual Vale do Acarau, National Council of Research, Water Research Institute, Universidad de Murcia, University of Canberra, Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad), University of Canterbury, University of Windsor, Département Ecologie des Forêts, Prairies et milieux Aquatiques (DEPT EFPA), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Berlin Institute of Technology, Université de Parakou, Umea University, University of Coimbra, Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife, University of Otago [Dunedin, Nouvelle-Zélande], Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3), Queensland University of Technology, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (EAWAG), Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI), Brandenburg University of Technology, University of Münster, University of Zagreb, Rhodes University, Universidad de Granada (UGR), Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T), University of Missouri System, Terra Cypria - Cyprus Conservation Foundation, Universidate de Vigo, Masaryk University, University of Montenegro (UCG), University of New England (UNE), University of Niš, Nottingham Trent University, Université de Tlemcen, James Cook University (JCU), University of Tübingen, Aarhus University [Aarhus], Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine (LECA ), Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019]), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Institut Ecologie et Environnement (INEE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Terre et Environnement de Lorraine (OTELo), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Lorraine (UL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Lorraine (UL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of Canterbury [Christchurch], University of Windsor [Ca], Université de Parakou (UP), Department of Ecology and Environmental Science [Umeå], Umeå University, Swiss Federal Insitute of Aquatic Science and Technology [Dübendorf] (EAWAG), Rhodes University, Grahamstown, Universidade de Vigo, and Masaryk University [Brno] (MUNI)
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0106 biological sciences ,Geologic Sediments ,sédiment ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Climate ,rehumectation ,01 natural sciences ,Substance nutritive ,Klimatforskning ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,zone humide temporaire ,Nutrient ,Nitrate ,matière organique dissoute ,Dissolved organic carbon ,Canvi climàtic ,Primary Research Article ,Organic Chemicals ,General Environmental Science ,chemistry.chemical_classification ,Global and Planetary Change ,leaf litter ,cycle des nutriments ,Ecology ,zone climatique ,Litière végétale ,Sediments fluvials ,sediments ,Lessivage du sol ,6. Clean water ,Lixiviació ,biofilms ,leaching ,rewetting ,temporary rivers ,climatic region ,climate change ,Environmental chemistry ,Leaching (pedology) ,Biogeochemical cycle ,Climate Research ,P40 - Météorologie et climatologie ,[SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes ,Cours d'eau ,Climate change ,Biological Availability ,010603 evolutionary biology ,River sediments ,Sécheresse ,biodisponibilité ,Rivers ,Environmental Chemistry ,Organic matter ,litière du sol ,Matière organique ,P10 - Ressources en eau et leur gestion ,variation géographique ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Changement climatique ,Nitrates ,entraînement par lessivage ,P35 - Fertilité du sol ,Nutrients ,15. Life on land ,Primary Research Articles ,Arid ,Climatic change ,Plant Leaves ,chemistry ,13. Climate action ,Environmental science ,bioavailability - Abstract
Climate change and human pressures are changing the global distribution and the extent of intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams (IRES), which comprise half of the global river network area. IRES are characterized by periods of flow cessation, during which channel substrates accumulate and undergo physico‐chemical changes (preconditioning), and periods of flow resumption, when these substrates are rewetted and release pulses of dissolved nutrients and organic matter (OM). However, there are no estimates of the amounts and quality of leached substances, nor is there information on the underlying environmental constraints operating at the global scale. We experimentally simulated, under standard laboratory conditions, rewetting of leaves, riverbed sediments, and epilithic biofilms collected during the dry phase across 205 IRES from five major climate zones. We determined the amounts and qualitative characteristics of the leached nutrients and OM, and estimated their areal fluxes from riverbeds. In addition, we evaluated the variance in leachate characteristics in relation to selected environmental variables and substrate characteristics. We found that sediments, due to their large quantities within riverbeds, contribute most to the overall flux of dissolved substances during rewetting events (56%–98%), and that flux rates distinctly differ among climate zones. Dissolved organic carbon, phenolics, and nitrate contributed most to the areal fluxes. The largest amounts of leached substances were found in the continental climate zone, coinciding with the lowest potential bioavailability of the leached OM. The opposite pattern was found in the arid zone. Environmental variables expected to be modified under climate change (i.e. potential evapotranspiration, aridity, dry period duration, land use) were correlated with the amount of leached substances, with the strongest relationship found for sediments. These results show that the role of IRES should be accounted for in global biogeochemical cycles, especially because prevalence of IRES will increase due to increasing severity of drying events., In this study we experimentally simulated under laboratory conditions rewetting of leaves, riverbed sediments, and epilithic biofilms collected during the dry phase from intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams covering global spatial scale. We determined the amounts and quality of the leached nutrients and dissolved organic matter, assessed their inter‐substrate and cross‐climate differences, and estimated areal fluxes from 1 m2 of riverbeds. In addition, we evaluated the variance in leachate characteristics related to selected environmental variables and substrate characteristics.
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- 2019
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7. From savanna to suburb: Effects of 160 years of landscape change on carbon storage in Silicon Valley, California
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Maggi Kelly, Erin E. Beller, and Laurel G. Larsen
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Ecology ,Tree planting ,0211 other engineering and technologies ,chemistry.chemical_element ,021107 urban & regional planning ,Forestry ,02 engineering and technology ,Woodland ,Vegetation ,010501 environmental sciences ,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law ,01 natural sciences ,Ecosystem services ,Urban Studies ,chemistry ,Habitat ,Urbanization ,Environmental science ,Ecosystem ,Carbon ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Nature and Landscape Conservation - Abstract
Author(s): Beller, EE; Kelly, M; Larsen, LG | Abstract: Landscape changes such as urbanization can dramatically affect the provision of ecosystem services such as carbon storage. However, while cities have been shown to store substantial amounts of carbon in soils and vegetation, we have little information from long-term studies about how contemporary carbon storage in urban areas compares to carbon storage in the natural ecosystems that characterized these landscapes prior to urbanization. We used historical archival sources and land-cover data to quantify and map historical tree carbon storage in the now-urban Santa Clara Valley, California, USA prior to substantial Euro-American modification (ca. 1850) and to analyze change in the amount and distribution of carbon storage over the past ca. 160 years. We estimate that total tree carbon storage in the study area was ~784,000 to 2.2 million Mg (13.6–38.1 Mg C/ha) when the region was characterized by oak savanna and woodland habitats, compared to ~895,000 Mg C (15.5 Mg C/ha) today. This represents a non-significant gain of 14% to a significant loss of 60% depending on scenario. We also demonstrate changes in the spatial distribution of carbon on the landscape, as losses in carbon storage in areas of former oak woodland were partially offset by gains in carbon storage in historical habitat types that historically had few or no trees. This challenges the hypothesis that aboveground carbon storage increases with urbanization in Mediterranean-climate ecosystems due to irrigation and tree planting. Our study demonstrates the utility of using pre-1900s historical sources to reconstruct changes in ecosystem services such as carbon storage over century time scales.
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- 2020
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8. From past patterns to future potential: using historical ecology to inform river restoration on an intermittent California river
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Peter W. Downs, Bruce K. Orr, Erin E. Beller, Robin M. Grossinger, and Micha Salomon
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0106 biological sciences ,Baseflow ,geography.geographical_feature_category ,Ecology ,business.industry ,010604 marine biology & hydrobiology ,Ecology (disciplines) ,Geography, Planning and Development ,Environmental resource management ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Environmental data ,Geography ,Habitat ,Ecohydrology ,Landscape ecology ,business ,Historical ecology ,Nature and Landscape Conservation ,Riparian zone - Abstract
Effective river restoration requires understanding a system’s potential to support desired functions. This can be challenging to discern in the modern landscape, where natural complexity and heterogeneity are often heavily suppressed or modified. Historical analysis is therefore a valuable tool to provide the long-term perspective on riverine patterns, processes, and ecosystem change needed to set appropriate environmental management goals and strategies. In this study, we reconstructed historical (early 1800s) riparian conditions, river corridor extent, and dry-season flow on the lower Santa Clara River in southern California, with the goal of using this enhanced understanding to inform restoration and management activities. Hundreds of cartographic, textual, and visual accounts were integrated into a GIS database of historical river characteristics. We found that the river was characterized by an extremely broad river corridor and a diverse mosaic of riparian communities that varied by reach, from extensive (>100 ha) willow-cottonwood forests to xeric scrublands. Reach-scale ecological heterogeneity was linked to local variations in dry-season water availability, which was in turn underpinned by regional geophysical controls on groundwater and surface flow. Although human actions have greatly impacted the river’s extent, baseflow hydrology, and riparian habitats, many ecological attributes persist in more limited form, in large part facilitated by these fundamental hydrogeological controls. By drawing on a heretofore untapped dataset of spatially explicit and long-term environmental data, these findings improve our understanding of the river’s historical and current conditions and allow the derivation of reach-differentiated restoration and management opportunities that take advantage of local potential.
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9. A global analysis of terrestrial plant litter dynamics in non-perennial waterways
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Roland Corti, Clara Mendoza-Lera, Ross Vander Vorste, María Isabel Arce, Iola G. Boëchat, Ryan M. Burrows, A. Uzan, Jonathan C. Marshall, Nick Bond, Cleo Woelfle-Erskine, Christopher T. Robinson, S. Kubheka, Damien Banas, Vladimir Pešić, Arnaud Foulquier, Klement Tockner, Nathan J. Waltham, Núria Cid, Thibault Datry, Michael T. Bogan, Marcos Moleón, Melanie L. Blanchette, Björn Gücker, Brian Four, Sudeep D. Ghate, Michael Danger, Musa C. Mlambo, V. D. Diaz-Villanueva, Florian Altermatt, Rosa Gómez, K. C. Brintrup Barría, Evans De La Barra, Manuela Morais, Richard G. Storey, Robert J. Rolls, Bianca de Freitas Terra, Tommaso Cancellario, Nabor Moya, A. M. De Girolamo, Arturo Elosegi, Chelsea J. Little, Amina Taleb, Ana Savić, R. del Campo, Simone Guareschi, Dominik Zak, Elisabeth I. Meyer, J. I. Jones, Annamaria Zoppini, Dev K. Niyogi, Peter M. Negus, Manuel A. S. Graça, Isabel Pardo, Pablo Rodríguez-Lozano, Eduardo J. Martín, Kate S. Boersma, Petr Pařil, Erin E. Beller, Alex Laini, Kandikere R. Sridhar, Cristina Canhoto, Felicitas Hoppeler, D. von Schiller, Shai Arnon, Rachel Stubbington, Sarig Gafny, Alisha L. Steward, Núria Bonada, Lluís Gómez-Gener, Ricardo J. Albariño, A. Papatheodoulou, Joanna Blessing, Steffen U. Pauls, Juan F. Blanco-Libreros, Simone D. Langhans, Christiane Zarfl, Jean-Christophe Clément, Mark O. Gessner, Angus R. McIntosh, Fiona Dyer, Oleksandra Shumilova, Catherine M. Febria, Marek Polášek, Stefan Lorenz, Sophie Cauvy-Fraunié, Stephanie M. Carlson, Andy Banegas-Medina, Jason L. Hwan, M. M. Sánchez-Montoya, Daniel C. Allen, Catherine Leigh, Emile Faye, Marko Miliša, Andreas Bruder, Milieux aquatiques, écologie et pollutions (UR MALY), Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA), Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine (LECA ), Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019]), Leibniz-Institut für Gewässerökologie und Binnenfischerei (IGB), Leibniz Association, Universidad del Pais Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea [Espagne] (UPV/EHU), Centre Alpin de Recherche sur les Réseaux Trophiques et Ecosystèmes Limniques (CARRTEL), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry]), School of Geography and the Environment [Oxford] (SoGE), University of Oxford [Oxford], Instituto de Investigación en Paleobiología y Geología [Río Negro] (IIPG), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas [Buenos Aires] (CONICET)-Universidad Nacional de Río Negro (UNRN), Unité de Recherches Animal et Fonctionnalités des Produits Animaux (URAFPA), Université de Lorraine (UL)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio), Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Environnements Continentaux (LIEC), Institut Ecologie et Environnement (INEE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Terre et Environnement de Lorraine (OTELo), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Lorraine (UL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Lorraine (UL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Department of Plant Biology and Ecology, University of the Basque Country, Intelligent Control Systems Laboratory (ICSL), Griffith University [Brisbane], Conseil Général du Rhône, Département du Rhône, Science et Ingénierie des Matériaux et Procédés (SIMaP ), Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019]), Purdue University [West Lafayette], Centro de investigaciones biológicas, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Klinik für Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie, Universitätsklinikum Ulm - University Hospital of Ulm, Department of Biosciences [Mangalore], Mangalore University, Langenberg, Heike, Goldin, Tamara, Plail, Melissa, Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine (LECA), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), School of Geography and the Environment [Oxford], Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université de Lorraine (UL), Université de Lorraine (UL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Science et Ingénierie des Matériaux et Procédés (SIMaP), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP)-Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble (INPG)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), Institut de Recherches Subatomiques (IReS), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Cancéropôle du Grand Est-Université Louis Pasteur - Strasbourg I-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Milieux aquatiques, écologie et pollutions ( UR MALY ), Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture ( IRSTEA ), Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine ( LECA ), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 ( UJF ) -Université Savoie Mont Blanc ( USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry] ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology & Inland Fisheries, Universidad del Pais Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea ( UPV/EHU ), Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries ( IGB ), Freie Universität Berlin [Berlin], Centre Alpin de Recherche sur les Réseaux Trophiques et Ecosystèmes Limniques ( CARRTEL ), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique ( INRA ) -Université Savoie Mont Blanc ( USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry] ), Laboratoire Environnement Géomécanique et Ouvrages ( LAEGO ), Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine ( INPL ), Instituto de Investigación en Paleobiología y Geología, Universidad Nacional de Río Negro, Unité de Recherches Animal et Fonctionnalités des Produits Animaux ( URAFPA ), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique ( INRA ) -Université de Lorraine ( UL ), Universitat de Barcelona ( UB ), Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Environnements Continentaux ( LIEC ), Université de Lorraine ( UL ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Centre d'études et de recherches appliquées à la gestion ( CERAG ), Université Pierre Mendès France - Grenoble 2 ( UPMF ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Intelligent Control Systems Laboratory ( ICSL ), Griffith University, Science et Ingénierie des Matériaux et Procédés ( SIMaP ), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 ( UJF ) -Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology ( Grenoble INP ) -Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble ( INPG ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ) -Université Grenoble Alpes ( UGA ), Spanish National Research Council ( CSIC ), Universitätsklinikum Ulm, Organic Chemistry Division-I, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad-500 007, India, Institut de Recherches Subatomiques ( IReS ), and Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS ( IN2P3 ) -Cancéropôle du Grand Est-Université Louis Pasteur - Strasbourg I-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS )
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0106 biological sciences ,RIVERS ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Perennial plant ,ved/biology.organism_classification_rank.species ,C CYCLE ,SEQUESTRATION ,01 natural sciences ,[ SDE ] Environmental Sciences ,ECOSYSTEMS ,ZONE CLIMATIQUE ,212 dry riverbeds ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS ,DROUGHT ,CLIMATE-CHANGE ,geography.geographical_feature_category ,CYCLE DU CARBONE ,Plant litter ,CARBON-DIOXIDE EMISSIONS ,6. Clean water ,global research ,CO2 EMISSION ,[ SDE.MCG ] Environmental Sciences/Global Changes ,TEMPORARY RIVERS ,[SDE]Environmental Sciences ,Ecosystem ecology ,DECOMPOSITION ,riverbeds ,P40 - Météorologie et climatologie ,[SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes ,VÉGÉTATION RIPICOLE ,ephemeral streams ,ECOLOGY ,Terrestrial plant ,[ SDU.ENVI ] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Continental interfaces, environment ,STREAMS ,P10 - Ressources en eau et leur gestion ,GLOBAL CHANGE ,[SDU.ENVI]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Continental interfaces, environment ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Riparian zone ,RIVER ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING ,Hydrology ,geography ,ved/biology ,010604 marine biology & hydrobiology ,RIPARIAN VEGETATION ,Global change ,15. Life on land ,Arid ,global change, river ecosystem functioning, CO2 emissions, temporary rivers, riparian vegetation, C cycle ,COURS D'EAU ,13. Climate action ,CO2 EMISSIONS ,CHANGEMENT CLIMATIQUE ,C-CYCLING ,PATTERNS ,Litter ,General Earth and Planetary Sciences ,Environmental science ,terrestrial plant litter ,intermittent rivers ,MATTER ,LITIÈRE VÉGÉTALE - Abstract
International audience; Perennial rivers and streams make a disproportionate contribution to global carbon (C) cycling. However, the contribution of intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams (IRES), which sometimes cease to flow and can dry completely, is largely ignored although they represent over half the global river network. Substantial amounts of terrestrial plant litter (TPL) accumulate in dry riverbeds and, upon rewetting, this material can undergo rapid microbial processing. We present the results of a global research collaboration that collected and analysed TPL from 212 dry riverbeds across major environmental gradients and climate zones. We assessed litter decomposability by quantifying the litter carbon-to-nitrogen ratio and oxygen (O2) consumption in standardized assays and estimated the potential short-term CO2 emissions during rewetting events. Aridity, cover of riparian vegetation, channel width and dry-phase duration explained most variability in the quantity and decomposability of plant litter in IRES. Our estimates indicate that a single pulse of CO2 emission upon litter rewetting contributes up to 10% of the daily CO2 emission from perennial rivers and stream, particularly in temperate climates. This indicates that the contributions of IRES should be included in global C-cycling assessments.
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10. Author Correction: A global analysis of terrestrial plant litter dynamics in non-perennial waterways
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Ana Savić, Elisabeth I. Meyer, Ross Vander Vorste, Núria Cid, M. M. Sánchez-Montoya, S. Gafny, J. I. Jones, Christopher T. Robinson, Arnaud Foulquier, Marko Miliša, María Isabel Arce, A. Papatheodoulou, Cleo Woelfle-Erskine, S. Kubheka, Michael T. Bogan, Damien Banas, Björn Gücker, Chelsea J. Little, Isabel Pardo, Nabor Moya, Ahmed Taleb, Simone Guareschi, Nathan J. Waltham, V. D. Diaz-Villanueva, R. del Campo, Manuela Morais, Annamaria Zoppini, Erin E. Beller, Alex Laini, Manuel A. S. Graça, Clara Mendoza-Lera, Petr Pařil, Kate S. Boersma, Ricardo J. Albariño, Shai Arnon, Melanie L. Blanchette, Daniel C. Allen, Catherine Leigh, Klement Tockner, D. von Schiller, Nick Bond, Pablo Rodríguez-Lozano, Emile Faye, Jason L. Hwan, Rosa Gómez, Iola G. Boëchat, Ryan M. Burrows, Brian Four, Dominik Zak, Jonathan C. Marshall, E. Martín, Florian Altermatt, Marcos Moleón, Bianca de Freitas Terra, Michael Danger, Musa C. Mlambo, F. Hoppeler, Evans De La Barra, Núria Bonada, Steffen U. Pauls, A. Uzan, Stefan Lorenz, Peter M. Negus, Lluís Gómez-Gener, Vladimir Pešić, Mark O. Gessner, Robert J. Rolls, Andreas Bruder, Fiona Dyer, Oleksandra Shumilova, Roland Corti, Cristina Canhoto, Sudeep D. Ghate, Marek Polášek, Stephanie M. Carlson, Andy Banegas-Medina, K. R. Sridhar, Richard G. Storey, Joanna Blessing, Thibault Datry, Christiane Zarfl, Angus R. McIntosh, Juan F. Blanco-Libreros, Simone D. Langhans, Jean-Christophe Clément, K. C. Brintrup Barría, Rachel Stubbington, Catherine M. Febria, Sophie Cauvy-Fraunié, Alisha L. Steward, Tommaso Cancellario, A. M. De Girolamo, Arturo Elosegi, and Dev K. Niyogi
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Hydrology (agriculture) ,Perennial plant ,Ecology ,ved/biology ,Terrestrial plant ,ved/biology.organism_classification_rank.species ,Litter ,General Earth and Planetary Sciences ,Environmental science ,Freshwater ecology ,Carbon cycle - Abstract
Correction to: Nature Geoscience https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-018-0134-4, published online 21 May 2018. In the version of this Article originally published, the affiliation for M. I. Arce was incorrect; it should have been: 5Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Berlin, Germany. This has now been corrected in the online versions of the Article.
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11. Historical landscape ecology of an urbanized California valley: wetlands and woodlands in the Santa Clara Valley
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Robin M. Grossinger, Erin E. Beller, Elise Brewster, Charles J. Striplen, and Ruth A. Askevold
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geography.geographical_feature_category ,Ecology ,Wet meadow ,Land use ,biology ,Geography, Planning and Development ,Land cover ,biology.organism_classification ,Geography ,Valley oak ,Riparian forest ,Landscape ecology ,Landscape history ,Nature and Landscape Conservation ,Riparian zone - Abstract
Historical records provide information to land managers and landscape ecologists attempting to understand current trajectories in altered landscapes. In this study, we synthesized a heterogeneous array of historical sources to reconstruct historical land cover in California’s Santa Clara Valley (a.k.a. “Silicon Valley”). To increase and assess accuracy, we used the triangulation of overlapping, independent data sources and the application of certainty level standards. The region has been subject to extensive urbanization, so we also evaluated the applicability of historical landscape reconstructions to the altered landscape. We found evidence for five major land cover types prior to significant Euro–American modification. Valley freshwater marsh, wet meadow, alkali meadow, willow grove, and valley oak savanna have all experienced extreme decline (85–100%) since Euro–American settlement. However, comparison of historical land cover patterns to contemporary land use suggested several new strategies for environmental recovery, despite the limitations of surrounding urbanization. We also observed a temporal shift in riparian habitat along the mainstem of Coyote Creek, from a relatively open mixture of riparian scrub, sycamore woodland, and unvegetated gravel bars to dense riparian forest, likely resulting from stream flow regulation. By identifying former land cover patterns we provide a basis for evaluating local landscape change and setting restoration targets, including the identification of residual features and under-recognized land cover types. These findings suggest that reliable historical landscape reconstructions can be developed in the absence of standardized historical data sources and can be of value even in highly modified regions.
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