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Agricultural intensification and drought frequency increases may have landscape‐level consequences for ephemeral ecosystems
Author(s) -
Dalu Tatenda,
Wasserman Ryan J.,
Dalu Mwazvita T. B.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
global change biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.146
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1365-2486
pISSN - 1354-1013
DOI - 10.1111/gcb.13549
Subject(s) - ephemeral key , wetland , ecosystem , arid , climate change , ecology , environmental science , agriculture , geography , agroforestry , environmental resource management , biology
Ephemeral wetlands in arid regions are often degraded or destroyed through poor land‐use practice long before they are ever studied or prioritized for conservation. Climate change will likely also have implications for these ecosystems given forecast changes in rainfall patterns in many arid environments. Here, we present a conceptual diagram showing typical and modified ephemeral wetlands in agricultural landscapes and how modification impacts on species diversity and composition.