Initially introduced to western United States to provide ecosystem services such as erosion
control, Tamarix by the mid‐1900s had became vilified as a profligate waster of water. This …

Plant invasions can have large effects on ecosystem services. Some plant invaders were
introduced specifically to restore key services to ecosystems, and other invaders are having …

Freshwater resources are becoming increasingly limited in many parts of the world, and
decision makers are demanding new tools for monitoring water availability and rates of …

Evapotranspiration (ET) is the largest term after precipitation in terrestrial water budgets.
Accurate estimates of ET are needed for numerous agricultural and natural resource …

The vegetation of semi‐arid and arid landscapes is often comprised of mixtures of
herbaceous and woody vegetation. Since the early 1900s, shifts from herbaceous to woody …

Grasslands, shrublands and savannas, collectively represented in the term rangelands,
constitute ca. 50% of the Earth's land surface (Bailey 1996). Although typically characterized …

Tamarisk species (genus Tamarix), also commonly known as saltcedar, are among the most
successful plant invaders in the western United States. At the same time, tamarisk has been …

The release of the saltcedar beetle (Diorhabda carinulata) has resulted in the periodic
defoliation of tamarisk (Tamarix spp.) along more than 1000 river km in the upper Colorado …

Hydrological and bioclimatic processes that lead to drought may stress plants and wildlife,
restructure plant community type and architecture, increase monotypic stands and bare …

As a result of human activities, forests and rangelands across the globe have undergone
dramatic changes that have fundamentally altered ecosystem processes. Examples of these …