Ecohydrology

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Evapotranspiration partitioning through water stable isotopic measurements in a subtropical coniferous forest	48
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Impacts of two high‐head dams on macroinvertebrate communities in the regulated river reaches of Wujiang River, China	27
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Study on the Correlation Between the Life Cycle of Glaciers and Surrounding Grasslands: A Case of the Urumqi River Headwater Region	21
Microhabitat Hydrology and Early Succession: Liverworts as Ecohydrological Indicators	21
A Stochastic Model to Predict Seed Dispersal in Linear and Stokes Waves	18
Nitrogen rather than water availability limits aboveground primary productivity in an arid ecosystem: Substantial differences between grasses and shrubs	18
Controls on Discharge and Drying in an Intermittent Grassland Stream: Temporal and Network Variability	17
Peatland Surface Motion: Terminology, Measurement Approaches, Models and Insights From a Global Dataset	16
Ecohydrological Responses and Ecosystem Service Benefits of the Green Legacy Initiative in the Ethiopian Rift Valley Lakes Basin: A Proxy‐Based Evaluation	16
Allometric relationships between sapwood area and shrub dimensions for six common Southern African savanna bush encroacher species: Universal or species‐specific?	16
Importance of tree diameter and species for explaining the temporal and spatial variations of xylem water δ18O and δ2H in a multi‐species forest	15
Predictability of Cottonwood Recruitment Along a Dynamic, Regulated River	14
Analysing and evaluating environmental flows through hydrological methods in the regulated Indus River Basin	14
Evaluating the physical habitat of riffle‐pool design in support of river habitat protection and rehabilitation	14
Tree‐ and stand‐scale variability of xylem water stable isotope signatures in mature beech, oak and spruce	14
Effects of Hydrochemistry and Hydrodynamics on Nitrogen Transformation Processes and Functional Gene Abundance in Sediments of Shahu Lake, China	14
Simplified Environmental Flow Metrics and Environmental Water Requirements for Mediterranean Seasonal Rivers	13
Continuous Stem Water Potential Measurements of a Diffuse‐Porous Tree Species Offer New Insights Into Tree Water Relations	13
An unusual carbon cycle budget of a small stream in a mountain silicate terrain: The case of the Gravona river (Corsica)	13
Applying a two‐dimensional hydrodynamic model to estimate fish stranding risk downstream from a hydropeaking hydroelectric station	13

Spatial heterogeneity of soil dissolved organic matter characteristics in the riparian zone of the Three Gorges Reservoir	13
The use of remote sensing indices to understand flood‐recharged soil moisture impacts on trees in semi‐arid floodplains: A review	13
Hydrological changes in a plain basin in central Argentina following expansion of rainfed agriculture and climate change	13
Comment on ‘Estimation of actual evapotranspiration from different ecosystems on the Tibetan Plateau based on a generalised complementary evapotranspiration theory model’ by Dai et al., 10.1002/eco.26	12
Decadal Dynamics of Energy Balance and Transpiration Fraction in an Alpine Ecosystem: A Modelling and Observational Study	12
Evaluating the Effects of River Crossings on Fish Habitats and Connectivity	12
Integrating ecohydrology and ecohydraulics	12
Soil respiration responses of moss and lichen biocoenoses to moderate and severe rain events after summer drought in a temperate early‐successional ecosystem	12
The detected effects of driptips and leaf wettability on the kinetic energy of throughfall in rubber‐based agroforestry in Xishuangbanna	12
Fit for Purpose—Analyses of Macroinvertebrate Communities for Environmental Flow Assessment	12
Ecohydrological Modelling in the Ondas River, Brazil: Implications for Fisheries Management	12
Evaluating climate change effects on hydrological functionality and water‐related ecosystem services	11
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Downstream decreases in water availability, tree height, canopy volume and growth rate in cottonwood forests along the Green River, southwestern USA	11
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A Novel Approach to High Resolution Three‐Dimensional Temperature Measurements in Rivers and Streams	11
Ecohydrology of two northern Wisconsin bogs	11
Influence of Fluvial Structure on Benthic Macroinvertebrates in a Restored Meandering River, Geul Basin, Netherlands	10
Dynamics of insect communities across a unique network of hydrologically altered riparian habitats in central China	10
Exploring sensitivities to hydropeaking in Atlantic salmon parr using individual‐based modelling	10
Dry–wet seasonal variations of microbially mediated carbon metabolism in soils of a floodplain lake	10
Research on Ecological and Environmental Water Requirement Threshold for Urban Rivers Based on River Health	10
Evaluating the driving forces of spectral inversion methods used for assessing water quality parameters in Poyang Lake, China	10
RETRACTION: Ecological and Toxicological Impacts of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles on the Freshwater Clam Caelatura nilotica and Recovering Role of Dimercaptosuccinic Acid, Gizay Village, Menoufia Gov	10
Seismic Lines Are Associated With Enhanced Ground Layer Evapotranspiration in Peatlands	9
Ecohydrological Conditions in Urban Wells and Patterns of Invertebrate Fauna Distribution (Kraków, Poland)	9
Interactive effects of functional traits and rainfall event size on stemflow in a tropical montane cloud forest	9
Multi‐Scale Influence and Time‐Lag Effect Analysis of Precipitation Process on Vegetation Diversity of Grassland in Poyang Lake	9
Hydroecological Controls on Algal Community Dynamics and Trophic Status in Freshwater Habitats	9
Effects of natural flood management woody dams on benthic macroinvertebrates and benthic metabolism in upland streams: Importance of wood‐induced geomorphic changes	9
Lag‐Dependent Threshold Responses of Vegetation to Groundwater Dynamics in an Arid Inland Basin	9
Lower Abundance of Young‐of‐the‐Year Fish in Alpine Rivers Affected by Hydropeaking: An Austrian Field Study	9
Artificial Intelligence Applications in River Management: Challenges and Insights From a Bibliometric Review	9
Forest Patch Geometry and Climate Regulate the Impact of Forest Thinning on Snowpack in the Southwest United States	9
Hydrological Feedbacks in Northern Peatlands 2: Peat Depth as a Control on Peatland Resilience	9
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Characteristics of Dew on Typical Plant Leaves in Loess Hill and Gully Region of China	9
Nutrient loss to erosion responds to rain characteristics under transformed landscapes in the Río Grande basin, Colombian Andes	8
The Morphological Plasticity of Dwarf Bamboo (Pleioblastus chino) Influences Stemflow Generation Under Different Canopy Conditions	8
Evapotranspiration in a subtropical wetland savanna using low‐cost lysimeter, eddy covariance and modelling approaches	8
Modelling of sap flux density of oak in a humid region in China	8
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Orthophosphate fluxes in scattered trees from fragmented Andean landscapes highlight a biogeochemical role of foliar traits in pioneer species	8
The Habitat Alteration of Corrigiola Litoralis L. (Strapwort) on the Elbe River Driven by Climate Change	8
Development of an integrated modelling framework to evaluate impacts of pressures on habitat conditions and riverine biota	8
Long‐term trends in wetland event response with permafrost thaw‐induced landscape transition and hummock development	7
Riffle algal and macroinvertebrate recovery from wet‐season flood disturbance in a tropical savannah river, Northern Australia	7
Evaluation of flux and fate of plastic in terrestrial–aquatic–estuarine continuum by using an advanced process‐based model	7
Restoration of Thicketized Post Oak Savanna Woodlands Increases Deep Drainage	7

Interannual controls on riparian plant health in a dryland river	7
The Ecohydrology of Coastal Ghost Forests	7
Monitoring of Riverine Aquatic Vegetation Using Satellite PlanetScope Imagery: Feasibility, Limitations and Prospects	7
Unravelling the influence of landscape alteration from flow alteration on benthic macroinvertebrate assemblage response in the Delaware River Basin	7
Environmental Flows: Concept, Methods, Case Studies and Implementation Challenges in India	7
Soil Water Flow Affected by Vegetation Root Water Uptake in the Semiarid Region of Mu Us Sandy Land, China	7
Mesohabitat Spawning Preference of the Anadromous Twaite Shad ( Alosa fallax , Lacépède 1803) in t	7
Riparian cottonwood mortality following compound impacts from river water withdrawal and hydroclimatic variation	7
Integrating EFDC Modelling With Ensemble Machine Learning for Enhanced Prediction of Dissolved Oxygen Levels	7
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Downstream Guidance of Small‐Bodied Species With Angled Oppermann Fine Screens	7
Five Years of Hourly Soil Water Potential Monitoring Demonstrates Forest Thinning Benefits in the North American Southwest	7
Gross primary production of Mediterranean watersheds: Using isotope mass balance approach to improve estimations	7
Application of a fish habitat model to assess habitat fragmentation using high flow and sediment transport in the Rumei Dam in Lancang River (China)	7
Rainfall interception by common mistletoe (Viscum album L. ssp. album): An additional water loss from infected forests	7
Quantifying the impacts of climate change and human activities on ecological flow security based on a new framework	7
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Observation and Simulation of Sap Flux Densities for Three Tree Species in the Humid Region of China	6
Influence of maintenance practices on hydraulic functions of ditches: A trait‐based approach	6
Rock Particles Promote Dew Formation: Aiming to Explain Ambiguous Published Findings	6
The drivers of benthic macroinvertebrates communities along a subtropical river system: Sediments chemistry or water quality?	6
Moisture and Species Effect on Water Colour Generation in an Australian Temperate Forested Catchment	6
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Application of ecohydrological criteria for the management of fisheries in the middle Paraná River (Argentina) during extreme low water levels	6
Hypolith Distribution Within a Dewy Drainage Basin: Possible Link to Dew or Rather to Rain?	6
A false paradigm? Do biocrust types necessarily reflect ‘successional stages’?	6
Blanket bogs exhibit significant alterations to physical properties as a result of temporary track removal or abandonment	6
A Null Model for Global Root Depth Distributions: Analytical Solution and Comparison to Data	6
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Evolution of tributary junctions and their capacity for rearing juvenile Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) on a regulated river	6
Remote Sensing and Hydrodynamic Modelling to Assess Riparian Vegetation and Geomorphological Responses to Flow Regulation, Rio Chama, New Mexico, USA	6
Identification of hydrodynamic changes in rivers by means of freshwater mussels' behavioural response: An experimental investigation	6
The Impact of Sewage Treatment Plant Discharges on the Water Quality of Receiving Rivers	6
Assessment of Ecological Status of Streams by Macrophyte Biological Index in Kahramanmaras Province (Turkiye)	6
Factors Regulating Soil Nutrients in the Riparian Zone of Dongjiang Lake, China	6
Aboveground biomass determines canopy rainfall interception loss in Semiarid Grassland Communities	6
Woody Species Diversity and Ecological Patterns in the Forests of Zegie Peninsula and Surrounding Islands, Lake Tana	6
Peat swamp hydrological connectivity and runoff vary by hydrogeomorphic setting: Implications for carbon storage	6
Approaches to Pollution in Lake Ecosystems, the Library of Life: An Example From Uzungöl (Trabzon, Türkiye)	6
Linking the Flow Regime of Papyrus‐Dominated Wetlands to Biologically Relevant Hydrologic Attributes	6
Corrigendum to Restoration and meteorological variability highlight nested water supplies in middle altitude/latitude peatlands: Towards a hydrological conceptual model of the Frasne peatland, Jura Mo	6
Quantifying the Influence of Vegetation on Net Snow Accumulation Across Elevations, Aspects and During Years With High and Low Snowfall	6
Sustainable Management and Biomass Dynamics of Prochilodus lineatus in a Mega‐River Ecosystem Base	6
Eutrophication of Lakes: From Global Process to Regional Implication in the Kola Arctic Region	5
Growth response of dune‐building grasses to precipitation	5
Modelling the Effects of Vegetation Distribution and Density on Hydrological Connectivity and Water Age in a River Delta	5
Environmental flow assessment for benthic macroinvertebrate communities using pseudo‐2D hydraulic habitat modelling at a green small hydropower plant	5
Harnessing Vegetation as a Nature‐Based Solution for Integrated River Corridor Management: A Path Towards Harmonized Human–Nature Synergy	5
The Role of Soils on the Hydrological Cycle of a Wetland Meadow (Vegas) in Southern Chilean Patagonia	5
Beaver Damming Alters Sedge Phenology Through Water Table and Temperature Feedbacks in a Rocky Mountain Peatland	5
Flow Structure and Manning Coefficient in Open‐Channel Flows With Staggered Tall‐Short Vegetation	5
Tree Size Effects of Diurnal and Nocturnal Water Use in a Boreal Larch Forest of China	5
Quantifying evapotranspiration from dominant Arctic vegetation types using lysimeters	5
Snowmelt and subsurface heterogeneity control tree water sources in a subalpine forest	5
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Groundwater Flow Systems as Key Determinants of Groundwater‐Dependent Vegetation Distribution	5
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Compounding Environmental Stressors Cause Governing Hydraulic Behaviours to Shift From Roots to Leaves in Avicennia germinans	5
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Drought Impact on Transpiration Dynamics of Common Deciduous Trees Growing at Contrasting Urban Sites	5
Making temporal dynamics relevant: The role of macrophytes in the phenological complexity of a shallow freshwater lake	5
Enhancing Representativeness of Eddy Covariance Evapotranspiration With Remote Sensing and In Situ Data: A Case Study in the Brazilian Cerrado	5
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Characteristics of Spatial and Temporal Vegetation Succession in the Yellow River Basin and Its Impact on Runoff	5
Integrated Ecohydrology and Systems Biology: Algae Morphotypes and Their Role in Freshwater Ecosystem Functioning	5
The retention efficiency of a large dam and reservoir eutrophication in a tropical coastal watershed under a rainfall reduction scenario	4
Potential for significant precipitation cycling by forest‐floor litter and deadwood	4
Habitat Unit Mapping in Large River: Combining Ecological Opinions and Hydrodynamic Modelling to Inform River Management	4
Underground mining magnifies drought impacts in an adjacent protected raised bog	4
The Effect of Climate Change and Nitrogen Deposition on the Water Use Efficiency of Grassland in Xinjiang	4
Relationship between stem diameter and whole‐tree transpiration across young, mature and old‐growth ponderosa pine forests under wet and dry soil conditions	4
Different phytoplankton stoichiometry and nutrient status in the reservoirs of Fujian Province, China	4
Effect of Terraces and Rainfall on Water and Soil Loss in Pinus tabulaeformis Plantations in the Semiarid Loess Hilly Region of China	4
Determining the Fish Migration Patterns Based on Fish Habitat Assessment at a River Confluence	4
Whole System Ecohydrological Change Following Natural Flood Management and a Five‐Year Beaver Reintroduction Trial	4
Modelling Bending Behaviour of Flexible Submerged Vegetation Based on Fluid–Structure Coupling	4
The prediction of uneven snowpack response to forest thinning informs forest restoration in the central Sierra Nevada	4
Investigating the Effects of Flow Regulation Combining Stream Geomorphology With Macroinvertebrate Ecology: A Case Study in the Orobic Alps (Italy)	4
Linking Land Use, Seasonal Variation and Water Quality Through Dissolved Organic Matter Optical Properties in the Doce River Basin	4
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Quantifying streamflow properties using a calculus‐based differential approach	4
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Increased tree water use with the development of a dense understory layer in a North American hardwood forest	4
Effects of leaf microstructures on the water storage capacity of common urban landscape trees	4
Vulnerability assessment of peatland complexes in the Hudson Plains (Ontario, Canada) to permafrost‐thaw‐induced landcover and hydrological change using a multiscale approach	4
Aridity Drives Streamflow, Network Connectivity and Climate Change Impacts in Non‐Perennial Stream Networks	4
Ecohydrological Drivers of Boreal Shield Peatland Fire Refugia	4
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Upland Afforestation Desiccates Downslope Wetlands on Sandy Soil	4
Blanket bog CO2 flux driven by plant functional type during summer drought	4
Groundwater Changes the Climate Niche of an Amazonian Mound‐Building Termite	4
Estimation of actual evapotranspiration from different ecosystems on the Tibetan Plateau based on a generalized complementary evapotranspiration theory model	4
Monitoring Fish Assemblages in Seasonal Off‐Channel Habitats Using Underwater Video and Computer Vision	4
Influence of Pond System on Surface Temperature and Urban Cooling	4
Frogs and flows: Using life‐history traits and a systematic review to establish water‐dependent functional groups for stream frogs in New South Wales, Australia	4
Isotopic evidence for seasonal water sources in tree xylem and forest soils	4
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Effects of plant communities on the emission of soil greenhouse gases in riparian wetlands during spring thaw	4
Snow drifts as a driver of alpine plant productivity as observed from weekly multispectral drone imagery	4
Preface to Ecohydrology of Inland and Coastal Waters in Honour of Ignacio Rodriguez‐Iturbe	4
Numerical Simulation Study of the Effect of Vegetation Cover on the Flow Characteristics of an Open Channel	4
Depression Storage Controls Moss and Lichen Moisture Availability and Net Primary Productivity in Rock Barren Turtle Nesting Habitat	4
Impact of interbasin transfer hydroelectric project on downstream aquatic habitat	4
Water Retention by Superabsorbent Polymers Enhances Tree Seedling Establishment but Is Insufficient for Survival Under Drought Conditions	4
Response of Aquatic Invertebrates to Single Floods of Diverse Maximum Discharges and Durations	4
A Watershed‐Specific Approach to Identify Key Functional Flow Metrics Supporting Salmon Reproduction	3
RETRACTED: Ecological and Toxicological Impacts of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles on the Freshwater Clam Caelatura nilotica and Recovering Role of Dimerc	3
Diffusion properties of buoyant particle cluster in open channel flow with emergent rigid vegetation	3
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Delineation of the Yellow River Riparian Zone Boundary in the Ulan Buh Desert Based on Eco‐Hydrological Processes	3
Root Canopy Morphology Controls on Hydrodynamics and Turbulence Around Floating Vegetation Islands	3
Analysing the spatiotemporal variation and influencing factors of Lake Chaohu's CDOM over the past 40 years using machine learning	3
Water Use Dynamics of Drought‐Tolerant Coniferous Trees ( Pinus brutia and	3
Rainfall, peak river flow and flow variability drive spatio‐temporal change in the extent of riparian woodland in an African protected area savanna	3
Responses of Water and Carbon Variables to Fire, Tropical Cyclone and Drought Across Southern Guangxi, China	3
Elementary Mathematics Helps to Shed Light on the Transpiration Budget Under Water Stress	3
The assessment of water quality by macroinvertebrate and water quality indices in small reservoir (Damsa, Türkiye)	3
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Northern Peatland Drought: The Relationship Among Vegetation Condition Index, Precipitation and Water Table Depth	3
Non‐Linearity in Mean Annual Peak Flow Scaling With Upstream Basin Area: Insights From Percolation Theory	3
The study on the comparative responses of aquatic vegetation to the interannual water level variation in different hydrologically connected sub‐lakes based on GEE technology	3
Earthworm Burrows in Glacial Till Soils: Spatial Distribution and Hydrological Function	3
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Effects of Burning Severity and Root System on Herb Land Surface Evapotranspiration: A Study Based on Prescribed Fire in Southwest China	3
Increasing Soil Water Drought in Response to Altered Precipitation Timing Across the Western United States	3
A Future Without Control Basins: Compound Forest Disturbance and the Disappearance of Undisturbed Forested Catchments in the Western United States	3
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Monitoring and Modelling Fluxes of Water and Nutrients to Surface Drainage Network From Irrigated Agricultural Fields in a Hydraulically Reclaimed Coastal Area	3
Resilience at the Cost of Productivity: Biological Soil Crusts Mediate Vegetation Spatial Self‐Organization in Drylands	3
Identifying key channel variability functions controlling ecohydraulic conditions using synthetic channel archetypes	3
Rewilding as a Mechanism for Natural Flood Management in Upland Peaty Catchments in the Lake District	3
Hydrological dynamics and associated greenhouse gas fluxes in a mountain peatland under different climate scenarios	3
Using diatom indices to estimate the ecological status of minimally disturbed rivers of the Sakarya River Basin (Türkiye)	3
Unravelling Multiscale Spatiotemporal Dynamics and Attribution Analysis of Evapotranspiration in a Subtropical Monsoon Basin	3
Hydrodynamic adjustment subject to a submerged canopy partially obstructing a flume: Implications for junction flow behaviour	3
Revealing the Nexus Between Wind Wave Dynamics and Vegetation Biodiversity in Poyang Lake's Ecological Transition Zone	3
Hydrological and Participatory Evaluation of Ecological Integrity of the Ganges–Brahmaputra–Meghna Basin in Bangladesh	3
Cascade of Dams Amplifies Predation Risks for Rheophilic Fish Eggs	3
Urbanization Rate, Copper Concentration and pH Affect Hydrae Communities' Presence and Abundance	3
The site dynamics of Corrigiola litoralis (Strapwort) on the Elbe River in Czechia: A combined hydrological and hydrodynamic approach	3
Mapping Fish Habitat Stress in a Large Floodplain Lake: A Hydrodynamic Modelling Approach for Seasonal Water Temperature Dynamics	3
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Correlations of the root–shoot ratio with soil water content in the patchy alpine grassland of the north‐eastern Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau using electrical resistivity tomography	3
Fish Niche Change and Possible Driving Factors in the Lower Yellow River	3
Tracing Historical River Connectivity Through Freshwater Fish Assemblages: The Case of Göksu River and Lake Beyşehir	3
Assessing Environmental Flow Violations in US Rivers: Exploring the Impact of Human Activities and Climate Change Using Machine Learning	3
Xylem and Soil Water Extraction via Centrifugation in a Subtropical Urban Green Space	3
A Multi‐Method Geospatial Framework for Drought Risk Assessment in the GAP Region (Türkiye): Trend Analysis, Dry‐Spell Persistence and Random Forest Forecasting	3
Evolution and driving mechanism of runoff in the Han River basin from 1980 to 2020 under changing environments	3
Sap flux and stable isotopes of water show contrasting tree water uptake strategies in two co‐occurring tropical rainforest tree species	3
Machine Learning‐Based Bioindicator Assessment: Driver Forces of Chironomidae Community Structure in the Eastern Black Sea Basin	3
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Erratum to “Cascade of Dams Amplifies Predation Risks for Rheophilic Fish Eggs”	3
Evaluation of the water conservation capacity of the Weihe River Basin based on the Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs model	3
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Multiscale Nonlinear Response of Extreme Meteorological–Hydrothermal Events in the Upper Reaches of the Yangtze River	3
Unravelling the Effects of Climate Extremes and Land Use on Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Yangtze River Riparian: Soil Columns Experiments	3
Limited Soil Water Recharge in Summer Affects Seasonal Isotopic Signatures of Tree Xylem Water	3
Impacts of Different Flood Pulses' Intensities on Lateral Hydrological Connectivity and Habitats in Riparian Wetlands	3
Response of eutrophication and water quality drivers on greenhouse gas emissions in lakes of China: A critical analysis	3
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Assessment of environmental water strategies for improving fringing vegetation health by modelling vegetation condition in a connected floodplain lakes system	2
Deciphering Hydrothermal Cues for the Wintering Migration of Endemic Fish in Cryospheric Headwaters: A 3‐Year Monitoring on the Tibetan Plateau	2
The Influence of Habitat Availability, Connectivity and Limnological Conditions on Plankton and Macrophyte Biodiversity in Floodplain Lakes	2
Analysis of Spatiotemporal Evolution and Influencing Factors of Water Poverty and Ecological Resilience Coupling Coordination in Chinese	2
Distinct epiphyte responses to drought in tropical mountain cloud forests	2
Developing Feasible Methods for Incorporating eDNA Sampling in Hydrological Time Series Studies	2
Mulching During Boreal Resource Development Alters Near‐Surface Hydrophysical Properties and Triggers Episodic Methane Emissions in Peatland Soils	2
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Impacts of Lake Surface Area on Phytoplankton Community Dynamics and Ecological Status Across 70 Lentic Systems in Türkiye	2
Water, Wildlife and the World: A Global Synthesis of Trends in Wildlife Ecohydrology Research	2
Combined Effects of Urbanization and Drought as Modulators of Phytoplankton Structure in Temperate Plain Streams	2
Drivers of Spatiotemporal Patterns of Riparian Forest NDVI Along a Hydroclimatic Gradient	2
Does the joint expansion of urban agglomerations threaten the supply and demand of water‐related ecosystem services? A case study in north‐west Hubei, China	2