~ Riparian lands are among the most productive ecosystems on earth. They occupy only a small proportion of the landscape but frequently support a greater variety and abundance of animal life than adjacent habitats. ~ Important habitat components include vegetation (often taller, denser, more diverse, and more complex in riparian lands), food, standing water, shelter from predators, sites for ne...

2 Wildlife biologist, George Whittell Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, Monterey County SPCA, Monterey, California; Senior Associate, Philip Williams & Associates, San Francisco. Abstract: Avian abundance and diversity were measured at 5 sites in the riparian zone of the Carmel River, selected to represent different conditions of riparian vegetation, in the spring of 1983. Vegetation varied from ...

~ The major effect of removing riparian vegetation and wood from streams has been the changes in channel form (widening, deepening and straightening) that have occurred. It is important to consider that we are returning vegetation to a channel system that now has a much larger flow capacity. ~ The major hydrological effect of returning vegetation to streams is via its influence on roughness and...

There is an increasing demand amongst resource managers for cost-effective watershed-scale inventories of riparian buffer condition and function. Recent developments in image processing software and decreasing satellite imagery costs enable a new methodology that can help meet this demand. ASTER satellite imagery, which has 15 metre pixel size, is processed with image segmentation software to i...

2 Assistant Professor of Aquatic Ecology, University of Maryland, Frostburg, Maryland. Abstract: This paper explores the tightness of the linkage between stream-dwelling salmonids and riparian vegetation. Comparison of original distributions of salmonid species with that of vegetation types shows that distribution within a given salmonid species is not limited to a specific vegetation type, and...

To recognize the dynamic of vegetation in eastern Iran as well as to ascertain interactions of human societies with theirenvironment, the present study is carried out on charcoal samples collected from Shahr-i Sokhta dated back to the Bronze Age.This research will present two different vegetal formations used by the inhabitants of Shahr-i Sokhta: riparian formationwith species such as tamarisk ...

Riparian vegetation research has traditionally focused on channel-related processes because riparian areas are situated on the edge of aquatic ecosystems and are therefore greatly affected by the flow regime of streams and rivers. However, due to their low topographic position in the landscape, riparian areas receive significant inputs of water and nutrients from uplands. These inputs may be im...

The physical structure of vegetation influences diversity, interactions, movement, and thermoregulation of animals. Vegetation structure might be a good indicator of habitat requirements of generalist predators, such as dragonflies and damselflies (order Odonata), and thereby affect species diversity. Odonates use aquatic and terrestrial habitats during larval and adult life stages, respectivel...

Volkman, Sarah, "Quickbird satellite imagery for riparian management : characterizing riparian filter strips and detecting concentrated flow in an agricultural watershed ", Master's Thesis, Date _________________________________________ iii ABSTRACT Riparian ecology plays an important part in the filtration of sediments from upland agricultural lands. The focus of this work makes use of multisp...

The impact of the construction of a large dam on riparian vegetation cover can be multifold. How the riparian vegetation cover changes at different elevation zones in response to the construction of a large dam and the subsequent impound of reservoir water is still an open question. In this study, we used satellite remote sensing data integrated with geographic information system (GIS) to monit...