Man-made wetlands are often created to compensate for the loss or degradation of natural wetlands, but little is known about the processes taking place in these artificial environments, especially at the community level. Throughout this thesis, we have assessed the phenomena of primary succession over different time (short-, mid- and long-term) and spatial scales (local, regional, interregional levels), applying different approaches (taxonomic and functional) and subject groups (invertebrates and amphibians). Our main findings regarding time scales show a 3-phase successional pattern in Mediterranean man-made wetlands’ communities, where at the short term (1 year) colonization processes dominate; at mid term perspectives (2 to 7 years) succ...
Invertebrate aquatic assemblages in ponds from Mediterranean wetlands are composed of organisms belo...
The aims of this research were to: i) assess plant biodiversity in Sardinian Mediterranean temporary...
Temporary ponds are unique freshwater wetlands, characterized by alternating dry and wet phases. The...
The early stages of succession in newly created wetlands should be impacted by the region in which t...
Current successional models, primarily those based on floral succession, propose several distinct tr...
Temporary wetlands are among the most characteristic and remarkable habitats in the Mediterranean re...
Ecological restoration of aquatic ecosystems has become widespread in recent decades. Whereas the re...
Mediterranean temporary ponds (MTPs) are crucial breeding sites for local amphibians, a faunal group...
The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the dynamics of plant, crustacean, and coleopteran...
We sampled the macrofaunal metacommunities in four networks of Mediterranean temporary ponds coverin...
Research has shown the importance of considering functional diversity when constructing planetary sa...
Climate characteristics appear to play a key role in filtering organisms based on their biological t...
Geomorphological and hydrological features can provide a sound basis for global wetland classificati...
The colonization process in new creation Mediterranean salt marsh lagoons is influenced by hydrologi...
Ecological restoration is becoming increasingly widespread to compensate for wetland loss worldwide....
Invertebrate aquatic assemblages in ponds from Mediterranean wetlands are composed of organisms belo...
The aims of this research were to: i) assess plant biodiversity in Sardinian Mediterranean temporary...
Temporary ponds are unique freshwater wetlands, characterized by alternating dry and wet phases. The...
The early stages of succession in newly created wetlands should be impacted by the region in which t...
Current successional models, primarily those based on floral succession, propose several distinct tr...
Temporary wetlands are among the most characteristic and remarkable habitats in the Mediterranean re...
Ecological restoration of aquatic ecosystems has become widespread in recent decades. Whereas the re...
Mediterranean temporary ponds (MTPs) are crucial breeding sites for local amphibians, a faunal group...
The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the dynamics of plant, crustacean, and coleopteran...
We sampled the macrofaunal metacommunities in four networks of Mediterranean temporary ponds coverin...
Research has shown the importance of considering functional diversity when constructing planetary sa...
Climate characteristics appear to play a key role in filtering organisms based on their biological t...
Geomorphological and hydrological features can provide a sound basis for global wetland classificati...
The colonization process in new creation Mediterranean salt marsh lagoons is influenced by hydrologi...
Ecological restoration is becoming increasingly widespread to compensate for wetland loss worldwide....
Invertebrate aquatic assemblages in ponds from Mediterranean wetlands are composed of organisms belo...
The aims of this research were to: i) assess plant biodiversity in Sardinian Mediterranean temporary...
Temporary ponds are unique freshwater wetlands, characterized by alternating dry and wet phases. The...