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View article: Creating more diverse ponds: a boost for aquatic biodiversity in pondscapes
Creating more diverse ponds: a boost for aquatic biodiversity in pondscapes Open
Following habitat destruction through the intensification of agriculture and urbanisation, about 50–90% of European ponds disappeared over the course of the twentieth century. As their importance for freshwater biodiversity is now increasi…
View article: Stakeholder perspectives on pondscapes: a multinational analysis using storylines and the Nature Futures Framework
Stakeholder perspectives on pondscapes: a multinational analysis using storylines and the Nature Futures Framework Open
Ponds and pondscapes are crucial habitats for biodiversity and provide significant ecosystem services and socio-cultural benefits. However, effective management of these habitats requires an in-depth evaluation of how stakeholders perceive…
View article: The potential contribution of flood management ponds to pondscape biodiversity: Evidence from dragonflies
The potential contribution of flood management ponds to pondscape biodiversity: Evidence from dragonflies Open
After decades of river channelisation, restoration projects are flourishing, many with the aim of reducing flood risk by re‐connecting rivers to their floodplains and making space for water. Pond creation is often included to enable tempor…
View article: Why ponds concentrate nutrients: the roles of internal features, land use, and climate
Why ponds concentrate nutrients: the roles of internal features, land use, and climate Open
Ponds are key freshwater habitats supporting biodiversity and ecosystem services, yet they remain understudied in the context of land use and climate change. We examined 240 ponds across eight countries (seven in Europe and Uruguay) to ass…
View article: Drivers of amphibian species richness in European ponds
Drivers of amphibian species richness in European ponds Open
Amphibians are commonly occurring inhabitants of most lentic freshwater ecosystems, yet their global populations are in alarming decline. Ponds in particular play a crucial role in supporting amphibian biodiversity. In this study, we ident…
View article: Ponds and Pondscapes: A technical guide to the use of ponds and pondscapes as nature-based solutions for climate change mitigation and adaptation
Ponds and Pondscapes: A technical guide to the use of ponds and pondscapes as nature-based solutions for climate change mitigation and adaptation Open
This technical handbook provides practical advice on the protection, management, restoration and creation of ponds and pondscapes to mitigate and adapt to the impacts of climate change. It was created by the EU Horizon 2020 funded project …
View article: Long-term monitoring of water temperature and macroinvertebrates highlights climate change threat to alpine ponds in protected areas
Long-term monitoring of water temperature and macroinvertebrates highlights climate change threat to alpine ponds in protected areas Open
Climate change increasingly threatens alpine natural areas and notably aquatic systems. Alpine waterbodies, such as ponds, are particularly vulnerable to changes in temperature. Their biodiversity faces rising threats, especially for cold …
View article: Database of best practice for pondscape NbS for CC adaptation and mitigation
Database of best practice for pondscape NbS for CC adaptation and mitigation Open
We built an inventory (database) of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) actions (creation, restoration, and management) in ponds and pondscapes (ponds at the landscape scale) in a diversity of social-ecological settings to assess the best practic…
View article: Database of best practice for pondscape NbS for CC adaptation and mitigation
Database of best practice for pondscape NbS for CC adaptation and mitigation Open
We built an inventory (database) of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) actions (creation, restoration, and management) in ponds and pondscapes (ponds at the landscape scale) in a diversity of social-ecological settings to assess the best practic…
View article: Socio-economic or environmental benefits from pondscapes? Deriving stakeholder preferences using analytic hierarchy process and compositional data analysis
Socio-economic or environmental benefits from pondscapes? Deriving stakeholder preferences using analytic hierarchy process and compositional data analysis Open
Ponds occupy a large share of standing water worldwide and play an important role in providing various ecosystem services. There are concerted efforts of the European Union either to create new ponds, or to restore and preserve existing po…
View article: Review: Toward management of urban ponds for freshwater biodiversity
Review: Toward management of urban ponds for freshwater biodiversity Open
Many cities around the world are expanding and this trend in urbanization is expected to sharply increase over coming decades. At the same time, the integration of green and blue spaces is widely promoted in urban development, potentially …
View article: New policy directions for global pond conservation
New policy directions for global pond conservation Open
Despite the existence of well‐established international environmental and nature conservation policies (e.g., the Ramsar Convention and Convention on Biological Diversity) ponds are largely missing from national and international legislati…
View article: Global variation in the beta diversity of lake macrophytes is driven by environmental heterogeneity rather than latitude
Global variation in the beta diversity of lake macrophytes is driven by environmental heterogeneity rather than latitude Open
Aim We studied global variation in beta diversity patterns of lake macrophytes using regional data from across the world. Specifically, we examined (1) how beta diversity of aquatic macrophytes is partitioned between species turnover and n…