Channel systems at the distal limits of submarine fans show variability in channel size and bifurcation patterns. This information is useful in constraining channel properties in static reservoir models, e.g. the mean and range of values typical for channel dimensions, sinuosity, and branching angles. Criteria were evaluated that might help discriminate between deltas and submarine fans based o...

Meandering rivers are common on Earth and other planetary surfaces, yet the conditions necessary to maintain meandering channels are unclear. As a consequence, self-maintaining meandering channels with cutoffs have not been reproduced in the laboratory. Such experimental channels are needed to explore mechanisms controlling migration rate, sinuosity, floodplain formation, and planform morphodyn...

The study identified seasonal habitat use by endangered adult Sakhalin taimen Hucho perryi and the environmental characteristics of their habitat (water depth, amount of riparian forest and sinuosity). Fifteen adult H. perryi with acoustic tags were tracked by towing an acoustic receiver with a canoe in the Bekanbeushi River system in eastern Hokkaido Island, Japan, during each month from late ...

In their recent article, Whittington et al. (2004) show that wolf packs increase their path sinuosity in the vicinity of roads and highly used trails. This path variable is defined as the relationship between the length of the path traveled (L) and the net displacement of the animal (R). The authors present a model that explains path sinuosity using the distance to prey and the density of roads...

BACKGROUND In many areas, livestock are grazed within wolf (Canis lupus) range. Predation and harassment of livestock by wolves creates conflict and is a significant challenge for wolf conservation. Wild prey, such as elk (Cervus elaphus), perform anti-predator behaviors. Artificial selection of cattle (Bos taurus) might have resulted in attenuation or absence of anti-predator responses, or in ...

Channelization has changed the form and dynamics of rivers on a global scale. In midwestern United States, widespread straightening meandering headwater streams been undertaken for purpose improving land drainage. Few studies have examined in detail how respond to straightening, especially over timescales nearly century following straightening. This study uses historical aerial imagery contempo...

Abstract River channels are among the most common landscape features on Earth. An essential characteristic of is sinuosity: their tendency to take a circuitous path, which quantified as along-stream length divided by straight-line length. sinuosity interpreted that either forms randomly at channel inception or develops over time meander bends migrate. Studies tend assume latter and thus have us...