Riparian research and management: Past, present, future: Volume 1

Abstract

Fifty years ago, riparian habitats were not recognized for their extensive and critical contributions to wildlife and the ecosystem function of watersheds. This changed as riparian values were identified and documented, and the science of riparian ecology developed steadily. Papers in this volume range from the more mesic northwestern United States to the arid Southwest and Mexico. More than two dozen authors - most with decades of experience - review the origins of riparian science in the western United States, document what is currently known about riparian ecosystems, and project future needs. Topics are widespread and include: interactions with fire, climate change, and declining water; impacts from exotic species; unintended consequences of biological control; the role of small mammals; watershed response to beavers; watershed and riparian changes; changes below large dams; water birds of the Colorado River Delta; and terrestrial vertebrates of mesquite bosques. Appendices and references chronicle the field’s literature, authors, "riparian pioneers," and conferences. >> Volume 2 is also available on Treesearch.

Titles contained within Riparian research and management: Past, present, future: Volume 1

• Development of the science of riparian ecology in the semi-arid western United States [Chapter 1]
• Development of riparian perspectives in the wet Pacific Northwest since the 1970s [Chapter 2]
• Impacts of interacting fire, climate, and hydrologic changes on riparian forest ecosystems in the Southwest [Chapter 3]
• Invasion and restoration of western rivers dominated by Tamarix spp. [Chapter 4]
• Unintended consequences: Tamarisk control and increasing threats to the southwestern willow flycatcher [Chapter 5]
• Beavers, livestock, and riparian synergies: Bringing small mammals into the picture [Chapter 6]
• Euro-american beaver trapping and its long-term impact on drainage network form and function, water abundance, delivery, and system stability [Chapter 7]
• Arizona as a watershed - then and now: Case studies of changed management of rivers and habitat in the lower Colorado River system [Chapter 8]
• Evaluating riparian vegetation change in canyon-bound reaches of the Colorado River using spatially extensive matched photo sets [Chapter 9]
• Breeding waterbirds of the Mexican portion of the Colorado River delta [Chapter 10]
• Terrestrial vertebrates of mesquite bosques in southwestern North America [Chapter 11]

Citation

Johnson, R. Roy; Carothers, Steven W.; Finch, Deborah M.; Kingsley, Kenneth J.; Stanley, John T., tech. eds. 2018. Riparian research and management: Past, present, future: Volume 1. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-377. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 226 p.