Journals, books, chapters and theses

2024

Fleischer, T. L., M. L. Floyd, J. Rack, D. Hanna, K. Blevins, B. Christman, and A. T. Holycross. 2024. The Mogollon Highlands Ecoregion of the American Southwest: A neglected center of ecological diversity. Natural Areas Journal 44(2):104-119.

DOI: 10.3375/2162-4399-44.2.104.

Journal article.


2023

Stromberg, J. C. 2023. Bring Home the Wild: A Riparian Garden in a Southwest City. University of Arizona Press, Tucson. 176 pp.

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Book.


2019

Herzog, C. J. 2019. Responses of mammals to native and non-native riparian forest types in southeastern Arizona. M.S. thesis, Arizona State University, Tempe.

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Thesis/Dissertation.


2016

Setaro, D. 2016. A seed bank study of southwestern riparian areas; Temperature effects and diversity. MS thesis, Arizona State University, Tempe.

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Thesis/Dissertation.


2013

Stromberg, J. C., K. E. McCluney, M. D. Dixon, and T. Meixner. 2013. Dryland riparian ecosystems in the American Southwest: Sensitivity and resilience to climatic extremes. Ecosystems 16:411-415.

DOI: 10.1007/s10021-012-9606-3.

Journal article.


2011

Banville, M. J. 2011. Herpetofauna and riparian microhabitat or urban and wildlife reaches along the Salt River, Arizona. MS thesis, Arizona State University, Tempe.

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Thesis/Dissertation.


2010

Dosske, M. G., P. Vidon, N. P. Gurwick, C. J. Allan, T. P. Duval, and R, Lawrence. 2010. The role of riparian vegetation in protecting and improving chemical water quality in streams. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 48(2):261-277.

DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2010.00419.x.

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2009

Bark, R. H., D. E. Osgood, B. G. Colby, G. Katz, and J. Stromberg. 2009. Habitat preservation and restoration: Do homebuyers have preference for quality habitat? Ecological Economics 68(5):1465-1475.

DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.10.005.

Journal article.


2008

Sogge, M. K., S. J. Sferra, and E. H. Paxton. 2008. Tamarix as habitat for birds: Implications for riparian restoration in the southwestern United States. Restoration Ecology 16(1):146-154.

DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2008.00357.x.

Journal article.


2006

Bagstad, K. H., S. J. Lite, and J. C. Stromberg. 2006. Vegetation, soils, and hydrogeomorphology of riparian patch types of a dryland river. estern North American Naturalist: Vol. 66: No. 1, Article 3.

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Public documents

Arizona Department of Environmental Quality. 1993. Evaluation of activities occurring in riparian areas. Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, Phoenix, AZ.

Arizona Riparian Council Protection and Enhancement Committee. 1990. Protection and Enhancement of Riparian Ecosystems (An Annotated Bibliography). Global Institute of Sustainability (formerly Center for Environmental Studies), Arizona State University, Tempe.

Cooper, D. J., and D. M. Merritt. 2012. Assessing the water needs of riparian and wetland vegetation in the western United States. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-282. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 125 p.

Johnson, R. R., S. W. Carothers, D. M. Finch, K. J. Kingsley, and J . T. Stanley, tech. eds. 2018. Riparian research and management: Past, present, future: Volume 1. General Technical Report RMRS-GTR-377. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, CO. 226 p. DOI: 10.2737/RMRS-GTR-377.

Johnson, R. R., and D. A. Jones, tech. coords. 1977. Importance, Preservation and Management of Riparian Habitat: A Symposium. USDA Forest Service, General Technical Report RM-43.

Johnson, R. R., and J. F. McCormick, tech. coords. 1978, Strategies for Protection and Management of Floodplain Wetlands and Other Riparian Ecosystems. USDA General Technical Report WO-12.

Johnson, R. R., C. D. Ziebell, D. R. Patton, P. F. Ffolliott, R. H. Hamre, tech. coords., Riparian Ecosystems and their Management: Reconciling Conflicting Uses. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RM-GRT-120.

Levick, L., J. Fonseca, D. Goodrich, M. Hernandez, D. Semmens, J. Stromberg, R. Leidy, M. Scianni, D. P. Guertin, M. Tluczek, and W. Kepner. 2008. The Ecological and Hydrological Significance of Ephemeral and Intermittent Streams in the Arid and Semi-arid American Southwest.U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and USDA/ARS Southwest Watershed Research Center, EPA/600/R-08/134, ARS/233046, 116 pp.

Mofford, R. 1998. Executive Order No. 89-16: Streams and Riparian Resources.

Mofford, R. 1991. Executive Order No. 91-6. Protection of Riparian Areas.

Ohmart, R. D., and B. W. Anderson. 1986. Riparian habitats. Pages 169-201 in A. Y. Cooperrider, R. J. Boyd, and H. R. Stuart, eds., Inventory and Monitoring of Wildlife Habitat. U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management Service Center, Denver, CO.

Ohmart, R. D., and C. D. Zisner. 1993. Functions and Values of Riparian Habitat to Wildlife in Arizona: A Literature Review. Report submitted to Arizona Game and Fish Department, Phoenix, AZ.

Poff, B., K. A. Koestner, D. G. Neary,and D. Merrit. 2012. Threats to Western United States Riparian Ecosystems: A Bibliography. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-269. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 78 p.

Riparian Area Technical Subcommittee. 1994. Interim Report of the Riparian Area Advisory Committee: A Report to the Governor, President of the Senate and Speaker of the House. Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, Phoenix, AZ. Intro, Chapters 1 and 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Appendices.

Riparian Area Advisory Committee. 1994. Final Report and Recommendations for a Riparian Area Protection Program for the State of Arizona. Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, Phoenix, AZ.

Shaw, D, W., and D. M. Finch. 1996. Desired Future Conditions for Southwestern Riparian Ecosystems: Bringing Interests and Concerns Together. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RM-GTR-272.

Stacey, P. B., A. L. Jones, J. C. Catlin, D. A. Duff, L. W. Stevens, and C. Gourley. 2021.User’s Guide: Rapid Assessment of the Functional Condition of Stream-Riparian Ecosystems in the American Southwest. Sageland Collaborative (formerly Wild Utah Project), Salt Lake City, UT.

Stromberg J. C., D. C. Andersen, and M. L. Scott. 2012. Riparian floodplain wetlands of the arid and semiarid Southwest. Pages 343-356 in D. Batzer and A Baldwin, eds., Wetland Habitats of North America: Ecology and Conservation Concerns. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA. ISBN: 9780520271647

Winstead, R.A. 1997. Statewide riparian inventory and mapping project: methodology and updated accuracy assessments for perennial waters. Nongame and Endangered Wildlife Technical Report 111. Arizona Game and Fish Department, Phoenix, Arizona. 73 pp

Websites and Videos

Understanding Fire Regimes in the Sonoran Desert – video by U.S. Forest Service

Tres Rios Wetland – Suzanne Jumper, Yeowon Kim and Johnathan Rugg, Arizona State University students (2015)