Research Catalog

Title

The ribbon of green : change in riparian vegetation in the southwestern United States / Robert H. Webb, Stanley A. Leake, Raymond M. Turner ; principal photography by Dominic Oldershaw.

Author

Webb, Robert H.

Publication

Tucson : University of Arizona Press, c2007.

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Additional Authors

• Leake, S. A.
• Turner, R. M. (Raymond M.)

Description

xiv, 462 p. : ill., maps; 32 cm.

Summary

"In The Ribbon of Green, hydrologists Robert H. Webb and Stanley A. Leake and botanist Raymond M. Turner examine the factors that affect the stability of woody riparian vegetation, one of the largest components of riparian areas. Factors that affect the stability of woody riparian vegetation include the diversion of surface water, flood control, and the excessive use of ground water. Combining repeat photography with historical context and information on species composition, they document more than 140 years of change. Contrary to the common assumption of widespread losses of this type of ecosystem, the authors show that vegetation has increased on many river reaches as a result of flood control, favorable climatic conditions, and large winter floods that encourage ecosystem disturbance, germination, and the establishment of species in newly generated openings." "Bringing well-documented and accessible insights to the ecological study of wetlands, this book will influence our perception of change in riparian ecosystems and how riparian restoration is practiced in the Southwest, and it will serve as an important reference in courses on plant ecology, riparian ecology, and ecosystem management."--Jacket.

Subject

• Repeat photography > Southwestern States
• Riparian ecology > Southwestern States
• Riparian plants > Southwestern States
• Vegetation dynamics > Southwestern States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [431]-451) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Value of woody riparian vegetation -- Climate, groundwater-surface water interactions, and woody riparian vegetation -- Woody native riparian vegetation -- Woody nonnative riparian vegetation -- Repeat photography and riparian vegetation change -- green river on the colorado plateau -- Free-flowing colorado river in utah -- San juan river -- Escalante and paria rivers -- Little colorado river -- Colorado river in grand canyon -- Kanab creek and havasu creek -- Virgin river -- Colorado river reservoirs -- Bill Williams river and major tributaries -- Small watersheds in southeastern arizona -- Upper gila river -- San francisco and san carlos rivers -- San pedro river -- Aravaipa creek and other tributaties of the san pedro river -- Santa cruz river -- Tributaries of the santa cruz river -- Verde river and tributaries -- Salt river -- Agua fria, new, and hassayampa rivers -- Lower gila river -- Lower colorado river -- Mojave river -- Interpretation of changes in woody reparian vegetation -- Regional change in woody riparian vegetation.

ISBN

• 0816525889 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 9780816525881 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2006026090

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Harvard Library