Correction to: Communications Earth & Environment https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00454-1, published online 31 May 2022.

The original version of the Peer Review File for this Article contained errors. There was an error in the title, which previously incorrectly read “Optimal Channel Networks capture ecological dynamics in dendritic river networks”. The Peer Review File previously incorrectly omitted Reviewer 1’s first report attachment. The Peer Review File previously incorrectly omitted three appeal correspondences from the editor. The Peer Review File previously incorrectly repeated the author responses to Reviewer 1’s first report. The Peer Review File previously incorrectly omitted the author responses to Reviewer 1’s second report. The corrected version states “Optimal Channel Networks accurately model ecologically-relevant geomorphological features of branching river networks” in place of “Optimal Channel Networks capture ecological dynamics in dendritic river networks”. The corrected version includes Reviewer 1’s first report attachment on pages 7–9. The corrected version includes three appeal correspondences from the editor on pages 37–39. The corrected version includes the author responses to Reviewer 1’s second report on pages 40–51. This has been corrected in the PDF of the Peer Review File.