The main objective of this PhD thesis is to document impacts of deforestation and agricultural land use on afrotropical streams at the organismal, community, and ecosystem levels. Using a meta-analysis and systematic literature review comparing global distributions of current deforestation, freshwater fish diversity, consumption and trade of freshwater fishes by human populations, and research effort on deforestation impacts on inland waters, I first demonstrate that tropical Africa is the only region of the world that has rapid deforestation, high biodiversity, and a high reliance of human populations on inland waters for income and food security, and yet a low research effort. In the remainder of the dissertation, I present an empirical c...
The Mekong river’s monsoon driven annual flood pulse creates a range of diverse habitats, with high ...
Wood extraction and invasive species are commonly perceived as harmful for ecosystem services and de...
The paper is a synthesis of research undertaken by recipients of the African Climate Change Fellowsh...
<p>To properly conserve, restore and manage riverine ecosystems and the services they provide, it is...
Natural ecosystems are facing increasing anthropogenic impacts that alter the diversity of biologica...
La nécessité de mieux comprendre le rôle de la biodiversité dans le fonctionnement des écosystèmes a...
Global biodiversity is being lost due to extensive, anthropogenic land-use change. In Southeast Asia...
The Sub-Saharan alpine freshwater biodiversity is currently impacted by human settlements, climate c...
Upland stream systems have been extensively investigated in Europe,North America and Australasia and...
1. In ectotherms, anthropogenic warming often increases energy requirements for metabolism, which ca...
African tropical rainforests, hotspots of species biodiversity and endemism, are often reduced to fo...
Along the River Agago in northern Uganda, the lasting effects of violent conflict have exacerbated e...
Primary Research PaperSpecific concepts of fluvial ecology are well studied in riverine ecosystems ...
Dissertation presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Science...
This work is the result of a research on West African estuaries and lagoon ecosystems: estuaries of ...
The Mekong river’s monsoon driven annual flood pulse creates a range of diverse habitats, with high ...
Wood extraction and invasive species are commonly perceived as harmful for ecosystem services and de...
The paper is a synthesis of research undertaken by recipients of the African Climate Change Fellowsh...
<p>To properly conserve, restore and manage riverine ecosystems and the services they provide, it is...
Natural ecosystems are facing increasing anthropogenic impacts that alter the diversity of biologica...
La nécessité de mieux comprendre le rôle de la biodiversité dans le fonctionnement des écosystèmes a...
Global biodiversity is being lost due to extensive, anthropogenic land-use change. In Southeast Asia...
The Sub-Saharan alpine freshwater biodiversity is currently impacted by human settlements, climate c...
Upland stream systems have been extensively investigated in Europe,North America and Australasia and...
1. In ectotherms, anthropogenic warming often increases energy requirements for metabolism, which ca...
African tropical rainforests, hotspots of species biodiversity and endemism, are often reduced to fo...
Along the River Agago in northern Uganda, the lasting effects of violent conflict have exacerbated e...
Primary Research PaperSpecific concepts of fluvial ecology are well studied in riverine ecosystems ...
Dissertation presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Science...
This work is the result of a research on West African estuaries and lagoon ecosystems: estuaries of ...
The Mekong river’s monsoon driven annual flood pulse creates a range of diverse habitats, with high ...
Wood extraction and invasive species are commonly perceived as harmful for ecosystem services and de...
The paper is a synthesis of research undertaken by recipients of the African Climate Change Fellowsh...