A long-term case study indicates improvements in floodplain biodiversity after river restoration
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60076658%3A12520%2F24%3A43908049" target="_blank" >RIV/60076658:12520/24:43908049 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2023.107143" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2023.107143</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2023.107143" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.ecoleng.2023.107143</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
A long-term case study indicates improvements in floodplain biodiversity after river restoration
Original language description
Natural floodplains are complex systems embodying an interwoven network of biodiverse aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Many floodplains have been impaired and disconnected from the river, leading to declines in biodiversity. River restorations often affect floodplains, yet monitoring programs rarely investigate effects on floodplain organisms. This study examined a river restoration project, which improved river hydromorpholgy and partly reconnected the adjacent floodplain. We applied a 'control-impact' design to investigate changes in floodplain community composition and diversity four, six, eight, and ten years after the restoration of the Nidda River in central Germany. Investigated taxonomic groups included ground beetles, birds, dragonflies, and spi-ders. We examined trends of abundance, richness, Shannon diversity, Shannon evenness, and temporal turnover over time post-restoration by comparing restored sites to a non-restored control site. Abundance and diversity increased in bird, dragonfly, and spider communities after the restoration. Effect sizes between restored and unrestored sites were mainly positive, indicating that restoration benefitted the investigated taxonomic groups. However, initially high abundance and diversity numbers of ground beetles declined at the restored sites over time, indicating differing responses across taxonomic groups. Our study accentuates and underlines the necessity for ongoing post-restoration monitoring of both floodplain and aquatic biota.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Ecological Engineering
ISSN
0925-8574
e-ISSN
1872-6992
Volume of the periodical
198
Issue of the periodical within the volume
neuvedeno
Country of publishing house
NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
Number of pages
12
Pages from-to
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UT code for WoS article
001119339400001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85181672538