Year:
2020
Publication type:
General Technical Report (GTR)
Primary Station(s):
Rocky Mountain Research Station
Source:
Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-411. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 268 p.
Description
In the Preface to volume 1, we discuss the development of riparian ecology as one of the newest of ecological fields that gained significant momentum in the 1950s and 1960s as part of the general “riparian movement” in the United States. The field expanded rapidly throughout the latter half of the 1900s. Volume 2 involves more than two dozen authors - most with decades of experience - who expand upon riparian and other topics introduced in volume 1. Two important recent developments are global climate change and impacts of introduced tamarisk leaf beetles (Diorhabda spp.) in the American West. Other chapters in volume 2 that provide current information evaluate the losses of riparian habitat, including “extirpation” of a large number of mesquite bosques (woodlands) in the Southwest; the restoration of riparian ecosystems damaged by anthropogenic activities; the importance of a watershed; and the importance of riparian ecosystems to recreation. The combination of volumes 1 and 2 examines the evolving understanding of scientific implications and anthropogenic threats to those ecosystems from Euro-American settlement of the region to present. >> Volume 1 is also available in Treesearch.
Understanding gains and losses of riparian habitat: Interpreting change, its causes and consequences [Chapter 1]
A naturalized riparian ecosystem: Consequences of Tamarisk leaf beetle (Diorhabda spp.) biocontrol [Chapter 2]
Vanishing riparian mesquite bosques: Their uniqueness and recovery potential [Chapter 3]
Using the Southwest Experimental Garden Array to enhance riparian restoration in response to global environmental change: Identifying and deploying genotypes and populations for current and future environments [Chapter 4]
The Watershed Continuum: A conceptual model of fluvial-riparian ecosystems [Chapter 5]
It’s not all bad news - riparian areas in the Anthropocene [Chapter 6]
The development of riparian ecosystem restoration in California [Chapter 7]
Sacramento-San Joaquin System [Chapter 8]
Recreation habitat versus ecological habitat in riparian areas: Can we manage for both? [Chapter 9]
Intended versus unintended effects during riparian restoration create high quality recreation habitat [Chapter 10]
Citation
Carothers, Steven W.; Johnson, R. Roy; Finch, Deborah M.; Kingsley, Kenneth J.; Hamre, Robert H., tech. eds. 2020. Riparian research and management: Past, present, future: Volume 2. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-411. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 268 p. https://doi.org/10.2737/RMRS-GTR-411