Songbird Nest Survival is Invariant to Early-successional Restoration Treatments in a Large River Floodplain

2010 ◽  
Vol 122 (2) ◽  
pp. 307-317 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dirk E. Burhans ◽  
Brian G. Root ◽  
Terry L. Shaffer ◽  
Daniel C. Dey
Keyword(s):  
Nest Survival ◽  
Large River ◽  
River Floodplain

The spiralling concept and nitrogen cycling in large river floodplain soils

2001 ◽  
Vol 27 (7) ◽  
pp. 3967-3968
Author(s):  
G. Pinay ◽  
H. Décamps ◽  
R. J. Naiman
Keyword(s):  
Nitrogen Cycling ◽  
Large River ◽  
River Floodplain ◽  
Floodplain Soils

The spiralling concept and nitrogen cycling in large river floodplain soils

River Systems ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 281-291
Author(s):  
G. Pinay ◽  
H. Décamps ◽  
R. J. Naiman
Keyword(s):  
Nitrogen Cycling ◽  
Large River ◽  
River Floodplain ◽  
Floodplain Soils

Understanding Large River: Floodplain Ecosystems

BioScience ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 153-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter B. Bayley
Keyword(s):  
Large River ◽  
River Floodplain ◽  
Floodplain Ecosystems

Population age structure and growth in four syntopic amphibian species inhabiting a large river floodplain

2003 ◽  
Vol 81 (6) ◽  
pp. 1096-1106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan Cogalniceanu ◽  
Claude Miaud
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Life History ◽  
Age Structure ◽  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Age Distribution ◽  
Large River ◽  
Danube River ◽  
Population Age Structure ◽  
River Floodplain ◽  
River Floodplains

River floodplains are disturbance-dominated landscapes where floods are major regulators of both aquatic and nearby terrestrial communities. Amphibians are common inhabitants of floodplains and their life cycle depends on both aquatic and terrestrial habitats. We focused on how different syntopic species of amphibians reacted to the environmental conditions of a large river floodplain. We examined life-history traits such as population age structure and growth in small- and large-bodied species of anurans and urodeles in the lower Danube River floodplain in Romania. Two newt species, Triturus vulgaris (small-bodied) and Triturus dobrogicus (large-bodied), and two anuran taxa, Bombina bombina (small-bodied) and the Rana esculenta complex (large-bodied), were included in the study. The ages of individuals estimated by skeletochronology varied from 3 to 5–6 years for T. vulgaris and from 2–3 to 4–5 years for T. dobrogicus. In the anurans, ages varied from 2 to 5 years in B. bombina and from 4 to 10 years in the R. esculenta complex. The numbers of breeding opportunities (i.e., the number of years the adults reproduce) are similar in both newt species (3), while growth rates and age at maturity differ between the large- and small-bodied species. In anurans, the number of breeding opportunities for the smallest species, B. bombina (4), is associated with a high growth rate and earlier maturation. In the larger R. esculenta complex, the higher number of breeding opportunities (7) is associated with a low growth rate and delayed maturation. The study of age distribution and associated parameters provides useful information on population life history. We discuss how age structure and growth of amphibian populations in large river floodplains can be used as indicators of environmental conditions.

Model‐based reconstruction of the succession dynamics of a large river floodplain

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (7) ◽  
pp. 944-954 ◽  
Author(s):  
Konstantin Ochs ◽  
Gregory Egger ◽  
Ianina Kopecki ◽  
Teresa Ferreira
Keyword(s):  
Large River ◽  
River Floodplain ◽  
Model Based
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