title: Agricultural intensification and drought frequency increases may have landscape-level consequences for ephemeral ecosystems.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
authors.forename: Tatenda
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-9019-7702
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dalu
authors.affiliation: School of Science, Monash University Malaysia, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, 47500, Bandar Sunway, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.|South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
authors.forename: Ryan J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Wasserman
authors.affiliation: Environmental Science, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
authors.forename: Mwazvita T B
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-6757-316X
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Dalu
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D057231:Climate Change; D003889:Desert Climate; D055864:Droughts; D017753:Ecosystem