Oral Presentations and Abstracts:

* designates presenting author

Effects of saltcedar removal on vertebrates along the Rio Grande

Heather L. Bateman*, Alice Chung-Macoubrey, Deborah Finch, Howard Snell, and David Hawksworth

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Evolution of critical photoperiod expands the range of D. elongata

Dan W. Bean*, Tom Dudley, Peter Dalin and Deborah Eberts

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Mechanical and chemical control techniques for Russian olive: summary of ten years experience along the Middle Rio Grande

Todd R. Caplan

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Host-plant specificity in the salcedar biocontrol beetle: is Diorhabda an agent of selection in Tamarix?

Brian L. Cardall

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Developing a Coarse Scale Tamarisk Removal and Revegetation Plan on Walker River Paiute Tribal Lands

Lea Condon*, Joy Griffin, and Elveda Martinez

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Saltcedar biological control in Texas- 2004 to2008

Culver J DeLoach*, Patrick J. Moran, Mark P. Donet, and James H. Everitt

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Monitoring tamarisk defoliation by the saltcedar leaf beetle using remote sensing

Phillip E. Dennison*, Abigail N. Guess, Kevin R. Hultine, Tomoaki Miura, Pamela L. Nagler, Edward P. Glenn, and James R Ehleringer

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Adaptive management techniques for Tamarix in Colorado

Cameron Douglass* and Scott Nissen

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Synergistic use of biocontrol and prescribed fire for tamarisk (Tamarix spp.) removal

Gail M. Drus, Tom L. Dudley, Matt L. Brooks, and John R. Matchett

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Failure of biocontrol, success of bioregulation?

Tom Dudley*, Daniel Bean and Peter Dalin

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Erosional consequence of tamarisk control

Jonathan M. Friedman*, Kirk R. Vincent, and Eleanor R. Griffin

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Clinal variation in cold hardiness of introduced tamarisk and native plains cottonwood

Jonathan M. Friedman*, James E. Roelle, John F. Gaskin, and Julie Roth

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Current status of a cooperative distribution program for Diorhabda elongata in the Northern U.S.

Rich Hansen* and Shaharra Usnick

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Biocontrol of tamarisk in the Western United States: an event underway with significant ecological and societal implications

Kevin R. Hultine*, Jayne Belnap, James R. Ehleringer, Charles van Riper, Phillip E. Dennison, Martha E. Lee, Pamela Nagler, Keirith Snyder, Shauna Uselman, and Jason B. West.

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Expansion of Diorhabda elongata within the Colorado River Basin

Levi R. Jamison* and Daniel Bean

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Do riparian plant community characterisitics differ between tamarisk (Tamarix L.) invaded and non-invaded sites on the Upper Verde River, Arizona?

Tyler D. Johnson*, Thomas E. Kolb, and Alvin L. Medina

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Control of Russian olive and tamarisk in the Big Horn Basin, Wyoming

Rory R. Karhu*

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Biological control of saltcedar in West Texas: ants, floods and other hazards

Allen E. Knutson and Mark A. Muegge (presented by Dr. Culver J. DeLoach, who was not an author on this paper)

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Restoration of burned saltcedar infestation sites within the riaprian corridor of the Lower Colorado River, Cibola National Wildlife Refuge, Cibola, AZ

Kenneth D. Lair and Scott O'Meara*

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Tamarisk (Tamarix spp.) and Russian olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia) control with aminocyclopyrachlor

Brad Lindenmayer* and Philip Westra

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Effects of saltcedar invasion and biological control on small mammals

William S. Longland*

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River regulation in the Southwestern U.S.: bane or boon for invasive shrub species?

Susan G. Mortensen* and Peter J. Weisberg

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Comparative water use by native and non-native riparian species on Western U.S. Rivers

Pamela L. Nagler* and Edward P. Glenn

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Tamarisk habitat on the Lower Colorado River: implications of biocontrol for the Lower Colorado River Multi-species Conservation Program

Theresa M. Olson* and Susan J. Sferra

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Tamarix as habitat for birds: implications for riparian restoration in the Southwestern United States

Eben H. Paxton*, Mark K. Sogge, and Susan J. Sferra

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Patterns and mechanisms of exotic riparian plant sucess in Northern Arizona

Lindsay V. Reynolds* and David J. Cooper

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Tamarisk beetle (Diorhabda elongata) movements and impacts on the tamarisk in Grand County, Utah 2004-2008

Wright W. Robinson*, Tim B Graham, and Tim Higgs

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The role of tamarisk management in the Colorado River Basin States process

Thomas J. Ryan*

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Tamarisk ecology and restoration: what past successes and failures tell us

Anna Sher*

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Riparian plant establishment limited by tamarisk insect herbivore interactions

Gibney M. Siemion* and Lawrence E. Stevens

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Invertebrates and vertebrates associated with tamarisk in the Southwestern United States

Lawrence E. Stevens*

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Rapid changes in ecological host range of Diorhabda elongata

Hillary Q. Thomas*

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Ecoclimatic species distribution models of tamarisk beetles (Diorhabda elongata species group) and invasive tamarisks (Tamarix spp.) with a novel Stacked Environmental Envelope Model (SEEM)

James L. Tracy*, Mauro DiLuzio, and C. Jack DeLoach

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Biocontrol alters litter chemistry and short-term decomposition in a tamarisk-invaded ecosystem

Shauna M. Uselman*, Keirith A. Snyder, Robert R. Blank, and Timothy J. Jones

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Spatial associations of beavers, willows and tamarisk along a regulated river: potential influences of selective foraging on plant invasion processes

Peter J. Weisberg*, Susan G. Mortenson and Barbara E. Ralston

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Poster Presentations

Engaging citizen stewards in restoration partnerships: a case study of the Paria River

Christine Albano and Kate Watters

A precision conservation framework for spatially prioritizing re-vegetation management after exotic tree removal: a case study of a riparian city park

Melissa Bridges, Robert Reich, Cameron Douglass and Phil Westra

Tamarix leaf level and whole plant physiological functioning to increasing salinity

Jacob M. Carter

Toxicity of low risk insecticides to Diorhabda elongata

Whitney Cranshaw

Russian olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia): measuring restoration success in the Western United States

Margaret L. Gaddis and A.A. Sher

Ecological benefit and economic feasibility of tamarisk utilization from Hopi tribal land

Kevin L. Hamann and Yeon-Su Kim

Arthropods attacking Russian olive in Kazakhstan

Roman V. Jashenko, Ivan D. Mityaev, C.J. DeLoach and Livy H. Williams III

Tamarisk management in the Grand Canyon National Park: past challenges, current efforts, and future direction

Lori J. Makarick

Quantifying soil and groundwater chemistry in areas invaded by Tamarix spp. along the Middle Rio Grande, New Mexico

Michelle K. Ohrtman, Anna Sher-Simon and Kenneth Lair

Tamarisk removal and revegetation efforts aong the Las Vegas Wash, Nevada

Nick Rice and Jason Eckberg

Investigating arthropod species diversity, abundance, and richness on non-native tamarisk and native willow and cottonwood at four Colorado release sites

Rustie L. Robison, Wyatt Williams, Stephanie Strudley, Todd Green and Andrew Norton

Biological control for Russian olive- and update on foreign exploration efforts by CABI and BBCA

Urs Schnaffer, Massimo Christofaro, Tim Collier, Lars Baker, Andrew Norton and Hariet Hinz

Physiological response of Tamarix ramosissima to Diorhabda elongata (leaf beetle) herbivory in a controlled environment

Keirith A. Snyder, Amira C. Dittrich, Shauna M. Uselman and Tim J. Jones

Changing perceptions of change: the role of scientists in tamarisk and river management

Juliet C. Stromberg, Pamela Nagler, Matthew K. Chew, and Ed Glenn

Impact of tamarisk biocontrol (Diorhabda elongata) on terrestrial arthropod communities in monotypic tamarisk stands

Stephanie M.C. Strudley, Anna A. Sher and Andrew Norton

The importance of habitat restoration in monotypic Tamarix stands along the Virgin River in Southern Nevada

Meghan A. Taylor

Variable fitness of Diorhabda elongata feeding in a common garden of Tamarix from the Western United States

David C. Thompson, Brian Zens, Kevin T. Gardner, and Debra A. Guenther

Protein marking Diorhabda elongata for ecological studies

Kirk C. Tonkel, Livy H. Williams III, James R. Hagler and Scott A. Machtley

Salt cedar, Fremont County Wyoming, A "Headwater Perspective"

Mike Wille and Norman Duncan

A native herbivore's preference for invasive Tamarix spp.may limit range expansion

Wyatt I. Williams and Andrew P. Norton