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Overview

Patrick B. Shafroth is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their primary field of study is Environmental Science, with 54 publications in this area. The subfields they focus on include Ecology, Soil Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, and Water Science and Technology.

Their research encompasses several main topics, including:

  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change

Patrick B. Shafroth has contributed to numerous publications, including recent papers such as:

  • Ecological Interfaces between Land and Flowing Water: Themes and Trends in Riparian Research and Management (2020, Wetlands)
  • Combined effects of biological control of an invasive shrub and fluvial processes on riparian vegetation dynamics (2020, Biological Invasions)
  • Does large dam removal restore downstream riparian vegetation diversity? Testing predictions on the Elwha River, Washington, USA (2022, Ecological Applications)
  • Response of riparian vegetation to short- and long-term hydrologic variation (2022, Ecological Applications)
  • Riparian Plant Communities Remain Stable in Response to a Second Cycle of Tamarix Biocontrol Defoliation (2020, Wetlands)

The scientist frequently coauthors with:

  • Eduardo González
  • Laura G. Perry
  • A. Henry
  • Anna A. Sher
  • Osvel Hinojosa-Huerta

Their work is often published in venues such as:

  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Wetlands
  • Ecological Engineering
  • Biological Invasions
  • Ecological Applications

Best Publications

  • RIPARIAN VEGETATION RESPONSE TO ALTERED DISTURBANCE AND STRESS REGIMES

    Patrick B. Shafroth;Juliet C. Stromberg;Duncan T. Patten

  • Altered stream-flow regimes and invasive plant species : the Tamarix case

    Juliet C. Stromberg;Sharon J. Lite;Roy Marler;Charles Paradzick

  • Control of Tamarix in the Western United States: implications for water salvage, wildlife use, and riparian restoration.

    Patrick B. Shafroth;James R. Cleverly;Tom L. Dudley;John P. Taylor

  • Responses of Riparian Cottonwoods to Alluvial Water Table Declines.

    Michael L. Scott;Patrick B. Shafroth;Gregor T. Auble

  • Dominance of non-native riparian trees in western USA

    Jonathan M. Friedman;Gregor T. Auble;Patrick B. Shafroth;Michael L. Scott

  • Establishment of woody riparian vegetation in relation to annual patterns of streamflow, Bill Williams River, Arizona

    Patrick B. Shafroth;Patrick B. Shafroth;Gregor T. Auble;Juliet C. Stromberg;Duncan T. Patten

  • Woody riparian vegetation response to different alluvial water table regimes.

    Patrick B. Shafroth;Patrick B. Shafroth;Juliet C. Stromberg;Duncan T. Patten

  • Large-scale dam removal on the Elwha River, Washington, USA: River channel and floodplain geomorphic change

    Amy E. East;George R. Pess;Jennifer A. Bountry;Christopher S. Magirl

  • Ecosystem effects of environmental flows: Modelling and experimental floods in a dryland river

    Patrick B. Shafroth;Andrew C. Wilcox;David A. Lytle;John T. Hickey

  • Vulnerability of riparian ecosystems to elevated CO2 and climate change in arid and semiarid western North America.

    Laura G. Perry;Laura G. Perry;Douglas C. Andersen;Lindsay V. Reynolds;Lindsay V. Reynolds;S. Mark Nelson

  • Dam removal: Listening in

    Melissa M. Foley;James Bellmore;James E. O'Connor;Jeffrey J. Duda

  • Biology, ecology and management of Elaeagnus angustifolia L. (Russian olive) in western North America

    Gabrielle L. Katz;Gabrielle L. Katz;Patrick B. Shafroth

  • Potential Responses of Riparian Vegetation to Dam Removal

    Patrick B. Shafroth;Jonathan M. Friedman;Gregor T. Auble;Michael L. Scott

  • Rethinking Avian Response to Tamarix on the Lower Colorado River: A Threshold Hypothesis

    Charles van Riper;Kristina L. Paxton;Chris O’Brien;Patrick B. Shafroth

  • Conceptualizing Ecological Responses to Dam Removal: If You Remove It, What's to Come?

    J Ryan Bellmore;George R Pess;Jeffrey J Duda;Jim E O’Connor

  • Effects of salinity on establishment of Populus fremontii (cottonwood) and Tamarix ramosissima (saltcedar) in southwestern United States

    Patrick B. Shafroth;Jonathan M. Friedman;Lee S. Ischinger

  • Germination and Establishment of the Native Plains Cottonwood (Populus deltoides Marshall subsp. monilifera) and the Exotic Russian-olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia L.)

    Patrick B. Shafroth;Gregor T. Auble;Michael L. Scott

  • Distribution and Abundance of Saltcedar and Russian Olive in the Western United States

    Pamela L. Nagler;Edward P. Glenn;Catherine S. Jarnevich;Patrick B. Shafroth

  • Modeled intermittency risk for small streams in the Upper Colorado River Basin under climate change

    Lindsay V. Reynolds;Lindsay V. Reynolds;Patrick B. Shafroth;N. LeRoy Poff

  • Planning Riparian Restoration in the Context of Tamarix Control in Western North America

    Patrick B. Shafroth;Vanessa B. Beauchamp;Mark K. Briggs;Kenneth Lair

Frequent Co-Authors

David M. Merritt
David M. Merritt US Forest Service
Jeffrey J. Duda
Jeffrey J. Duda United States Geological Survey
Juliet C. Stromberg
Juliet C. Stromberg Arizona State University
Edward P. Glenn
Edward P. Glenn University of Arizona
Pamela L. Nagler
Pamela L. Nagler University of Arizona
Jonathan A. Warrick
Jonathan A. Warrick United States Geological Survey
George R. Pess
George R. Pess National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Timothy J. Beechie
Timothy J. Beechie National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Jon J. Major
Jon J. Major United States Geological Survey
Karl W. Flessa
Karl W. Flessa University of Arizona

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