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Many mammals, such as otters, live in close association with rivers and streams, feeding in them, or using them as a place of safety or means of escape from predators. The distinct adaptations that riparian mammals have evolved in order to live in these environments also handicap them for living elsewhere. They are therefore threatened by alterations to their environment. In recent years our rivers have become highly polluted, and with bankside modifications for agriculture and forestry, enhanced or decreased water flow, and use for recreation, they become less and less suitable for these highly specialized animals. This 1998 book looks at the habitat utilization, adaptation, feeding ecology and conservation status of a range of riparian mammals, and will give insights into the problems facing these fascinating animals, and how they might be overcome.

Aquatic mammals --- Riparian animals --- Behavior --- Ecology

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Climatic changes --- Desert animals --- Desert animals --- Riparian animals --- Riparian animals --- Climatic factors --- Conservation --- Climatic factors --- Conservation

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In the past fifty years, riparian values have been recognized and documented, and the science of riparian ecology developed steadily. Volume 1 covers the more mesic northwestern United States to the arid Southwest and Mexico. The authors review the origins of riparian science in the western United States, document what is currently known about riparian ecosystems, and project future needs. Topics include: interactions with fire, climate change, and declining water; effects from exotic species; unintended consequences of biological control; the role of small mammals; watershed response to beavers; watershed and riparian changes; changes below large dams; water birds of the Colorado River Delta; and terrestrial vertebrates of mesquite bosques. Appendices and references chronicle the field's literature, authors, "riparian pioneers," and conferences. Volume 2 expands upon two important recent developments: global climate change and impacts of introduced tamarisk leaf beetles (Diorhabda spp.) in the American West. It also covers the losses of riparian habitat, including extirpation of a large number of mesquite bosques (woodlands) in the Southwest; the restoration of riparian ecosystems damaged by anthropogenic activities; the importance of a watershed; and the importance of riparian ecosystems to recreation. The combination of volumes 1 and 2 examines the evolving understanding of scientific implications and anthropogenic threats to those ecosystems since Caucasian settlement of the region to present.

Riparian areas --- Riparian ecology --- Riparian forests --- Riparian animals --- Riparian plants --- Watershed management --- Management. --- United States.

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Stream animals. --- Stream plants. --- Stream ecology. --- 574.5 --- River ecology --- Freshwater ecology --- Hyporheic zones --- River flora --- River plants --- Stream flora --- Freshwater plants --- Riparian plants --- Valley plants --- River animals --- Stream fauna --- Freshwater animals --- Riparian animals --- Hydrobiology. Aquatic biocoenoses and ecosystems. Food chains --- 574.5 Hydrobiology. Aquatic biocoenoses and ecosystems. Food chains --- Stream animals --- Stream ecology --- Stream plants

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Endangered species --- Freshwater ecology --- Riparian animals --- Animals --- Stream animals --- Fresh water --- Fresh-water ecology --- Aquatic ecology --- Endangered animal species --- Endangered animals --- Endangered wildlife --- Threatened animal species --- Threatened animals --- Threatened species --- Threatened wildlife --- Vanishing species --- Vanishing wildlife --- Wildlife, Endangered --- Wildlife, Threatened --- Wildlife, Vanishing --- Species --- Wildlife conservation --- Rare animals --- Ecology --- Platte River Watershed (Neb.)