Author(s): R. Roy Johnson; Steven W. Carothers; Deborah M. Finch; Kenneth J. Kingsley; John T. Stanley   Fifty years ago, riparian habitats were not recognized for their extensive and critical contributions to wildlife and the ecosystem function of watersheds. This changed as riparian values were identified and documented, and the science of riparian ecology developed steadily. Papers in this volume range from the more mesic northwestern United States to the arid Southwest and Mexico.
Author(s): Steven W. Carothers; R. Roy Johnson; Deborah M. Finch; Kenneth J. Kingsley; Robert H. Hamre   In the Preface to volume 1, we discuss the development of riparian ecology as one of the newest of ecological fields that gained significant momentum in the 1950s and 1960s as part of the general “riparian movement” in the United States. The field expanded rapidly throughout the latter half of the 1900s.
      Adaptation of Diapause Induction Cue Enables Range Expansion of the Tamarisk Leaf Beetle Across Latitude   Eliza Clark1*, Ellyn Bitume2, Dan Bean3, Amanda Stahlke4, Paul Hohenlohe5, Ruth Hufbauer6   1Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA;
    Impact of Tamarix Biocontrol on Understory Plant Community Traits   Annie Henry1*, Eduardo González2, Anna Sher3   1 University of Denver, Department of Biological Sciences, Denver, CO, USA; annie.henry@du.edu 2 Colorado State University, Department of Biology, Fort Collins, CO USA;
      Salinity-Herbivore-Plant Interactions: Effects of Plant Health, Beetle Defoliation, and Local Adaptation on Tamarix Growth   Randall Long1*, Tom Dudley2, Adam Lambert3, Kevin Hultine4   1Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 2Marine S
      The Biology of Biocontrol: Enhancing the Biological Control of Tamarisk to Better Serve Riparian Restoration and Recovery   Dan Bean1*, Alex Gaffke2, Tom Dudley3, Levi Jamison4, Amanda Stahlke5 and Zeynep Ӧzsoy6   1Colorado Department of Agriculture, Palisade Insectary, Palisade, CO, USA;
    Plant Recruitment Under Beetle-Defoliated Tamarisk in Grand County, Utah: 2009 to 2019   Tim Graham1*, Wright Robinson2, Tim Higgs2   11701 Murphy Lane, Moab, UT 84532, USA; lasius17@gmail.com 2Grand County Weed Dept., 1000 Sand Flats Road, Moab, UT 84532, USA; 
      Tamarisk Beetle Colonization of The Rio Grande in New Mexico: A Long-Term, Multi-Faceted Study Using Genetic Analysis and Field Surveys   Levi Jamison1*, Zeynep Ozsoy-Bean2, Amanda Sthalke3, Matthew Johnson4   1Moab, UT, USA; ljamisonresearch@gmail.com