Journals, books, chapters and theses

2006

Bark-Hodgins, R., and B. G. Colby. 2006. An economic assessment of the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan. Natural Resources Journal  46(3):709-725.

https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/nrj/vol46/iss3/5.

Journal article.

Weber, M. A., and R. P. Berrens. 2006. Value of instream recreation in the Sonoran Desert. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management 132(1):53-60.

DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9496(2006)132:1(53).

Journal article.


2003

Abbe, T. B., and D. R. Montgomery. 2003. Patterns and processes of wood debris accumulation in the Queets river basin, Washington. Geomorphology 51(1-3):81-107.

DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(02)00326-4.

Journal article.


2002

Alpert, P., F. Thomas Griggs, and D. R. Peterson. 2002. Riparian forest restoration along large rivers: Initial results from the Sacramento River Project. Restoration Ecology 1(4):360-368.

DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-100X.1999.72030.x.

Journal article.


2001

Stromberg, J. C. 2001. Restoration of riparian vegetation in the south-western United States: Importance of flow regimes and fluvial dynamism. Journal of Arid Environments 49(1):17-34.

DOI: 10.1006/jare.2001.0833.

Journal article.


1999

Belsky, A. J., A. Matzke, and S. Uselman. 1999. Survey of livestock influences on stream and riparian ecosystems in the western United States. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 54(1):419-431.

https://www.jswconline.org/content/54/1/419.

Journal article.


1998

Abernethy, B., and J. D. Rutherford. 1998. Where along a river’s length will vegetation most effectively stabilise stream banks? Geomorphology 23(1):55-75.

DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(97)00089-5.

Journal article.

Patten, D. T. 1998. Riparian ecosystems of semi-arid North America: Diversity and human impacts. Wetlands 18:398-512.

DOI: 10.1007/BF03161668.

Journal article.


1994

Fleischner, T. L. 1994. Ecological costs of livestock grazing in western North America. Conservation Biology 8(3):639-644.

https://www.jstor.org/stable/2386504.

Journal article.


1990

Szaro, R. C. 1990. Southwestern riparian plant communities: Site characteristics, tree species distributions, and size-class structures. Forest Ecology and Management 33-34(June):315-334.

DOI: 10.1016/0378-1127(90)90201-L.

Journal article.


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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)