Spatiotemporal patterns and ecological consequences of a fragmented landscape created by damming.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Damming disrupts rivers and destroys neighboring terrestrial ecosystems through inundation, resulting in profound and long-lasting impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem processes far beyond the river system itself. Archipelagos formed by damming are often considered ideal systems for studying habitat fragmentation.

Methods

Here we quantified the island attributes and landscape dynamics of the Thousand Island Lake (TIL) in China, which is one of the several long-term biodiversity/fragmentation research sites around the world. We also synthesized the major findings of relevant studies conducted in the region to further ecological understanding of damming and landscape fragmentation.

Results

Our results show that the vegetations on islands and the neighboring

SUBMITTER: Hu G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8142928 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature