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Contents
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SESSION I
Discussion Leader:
DaZe Jones
Importance, Preservation and Management of Riparian Habitat:
An Overview
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2
Steven W. Carothers
Classification of Riparian Habitat in the Southwest
5
Charles P. Pase, and Earle F. Layser
Inventory of Riparian Habitats . . • • . • . • • • . . • • • • •
10
David E. Brown, Neil B. Carmony, and Raymond M. Tzatner
Importance of Riparian Ecosystems:
Biotic Considerations
14
Economic Considerations
19
John P. Hubbard
Importance of Riparian Ecosystems:
KeZ M. Fo:r:
Vegetation Structure and Bird Use in the Lower Colorado
River Valley . • .
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Bertin W. Anderson, and Robert D. Ohmart
A Riparian Case History:
The Colorado River . . • . • • • • • •
35
Robert D. Ohmart, Wayne 0. Deason, and Constance Burke
48
SESSION II
Discussion Leader:
Robert Jantzen
Wildlife Conflicts in Riparian Management:
Grazing
Charles R. Ames
Wildlife Conflicts in Riparian Management:
Water
52
Charles E. Kennedy
Management Alternatives for the Riparian Habitat in the
Southwest
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59
Gary A. Davis
Endangered Species vs. Endangered Habitats:
A Concept • • • •
68
R. Roy Johnson, Lois T. Haight, and James M. Simpson
Riparian Research Needs
so
David R. Patton
Riparian Habitat Symposium:
Milo J. Hassell
C1os i ng Remarks . . • • . • • • • • • • 83
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CONTRIBUTED PAPERS.
Classification of Riparian Vegetation
Wi ZZiam A. Dick-Peddie~ and John P. Hubbard
Fishes Inhabiting the Rio Grande, Texas and Mexico,
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Between El Paso and the Pecos Confluence
C~k Hubbs~ RobePt R. Mi~l.~P~ RobePt J. E~aPds~
Kenneth W. Thompson~ Edie Marsh~ GaPy P. GarTett,
Gary L. POlAJel.Z~ D. J. ,MoPPis~ and RobePt W. ZePP
An Overview of Riparian Forests in California: Their
Ecology and Conservation
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Anne Sands~ and GPeg HOlAJe
84
85
91
98
Regeneration and Distribution of Sycamore and Cottonwood
Trees Along Sonoita Creek, Santa Cruz County, Arizona
Richard L. Gl.insky
116
The Development and Perpetuation of the Permanent Tamarisk
Type in the Phreatophyte Zone of the Southwest . . • • •
JePome S. HoPton
124
Avian Use of Saltcedar Communities in the Lower Colorado
River Valley • . . . . . • . . . . • • . . . • • • • . • . . • •
BePtin W. AndePson~ Al.ton E. Higgins~ and RobePt D. Ohmart
128
Influences of Riparian Vegetation on Aquatic Ecosystems
with Particular Reference to Salmonid Fishes and Their
Food Supply
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William R. Meehan~ FPedePick J. &Janson~ and James R. Sedell
Ecological Study of Southwestern Riparian Habitat:
Techniques and Data Applicability . • • . . . . • •
BePtin W. AndePson~ Ronald W. Engel-Wilson~
Douglas Wells~ and RobePt D. OhmaPt
The Importance of Riparian Habitat to Migrating Birds • . • •
LaUPence Stevens~ BPyan T. BPOlAJn~ James M. Simpson~
and R. Roy Johnson
Significance of Rio Grande Riparian Systems Upon the
Avifauna . • • • . . . • • . . •
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Roland H. WaueP
Some Effects of a Campground on Breeding Birds in Arizona . . • • •
St~art W. Aitchison
146
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175
Population Fluctuations in Nocturnal Rodents in the Lower
Colorado River Valley • . • . . • . . • . • • • • • . • • • . . . 183
BePtin W. AndePson~ Jeff F. Droke~ Jp. ~ and RobePt D. Ohmart
Climatological and Physical Characteristics Affecting Avian
Population Estimates in Southwestern Riparian Communities
Using Transect Counts . . • • • • . . . • • • . • • • • .
BePtin W. AndePson~ and RobePt·D. OhmaPt
193
Southwestern Riparian Communities: Their Biotic Importance
and Management in Arizona • • • . . • • . . . • • • . . .
David E. BPOlAJn~ Charles H. Lowe~ and Janet F. HausleP
201
Terrestial Mammals of the Riparian Corridor in Big Bend
National Park • • • • . . . . • • • . . • • • .
Wil.liam J. BoeeP~ and David J. Schmidly
212