COMPREHENSIVE REFERENCES
SALTCEDAR (TAMARIX SPP.) BIOLOGY, ECOLOGY, MANAGEMENT
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Saltcedar (Tamarisk) Grubb, R.T., R.L. Sheley, and R.D. Carlstrom. July 2002; Montana State University Extension Service MontGuide Fact Sheet No. 199710 www.montana.edu/wwwpb/pubs/mt9710.html |
Saltcedar Biology and Management Hart, C.R. May 2003; Texas A&M University Cooperative Extension Bulletin L-5440 http://farwest.tamu.edu/rangemgt/prep.html
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Saltcedar (Tamarix spp.) Deuser, C. July 1999; Plant Conservation Alliance Alien Plant Working Group www.nps.gov/plants/alien/fact/tama1.htm |
Saltcedar (Tamarix ramosissima, T. parviflora) British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries www.agf.gov.bc.ca/cropprot/saltcedar.htm |
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Saltcedar (links) Exotic and Invasive Weeds Research Unit; Agricultural Research Service, USDA http://wric.ucdavis.edu/exotic/invasive_page.htm |
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Symposia, Workshops, On-Line Courses, Abstracts, PowerPoint presentations, etc.
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Ecologically Based Management of Saltcedar Beck, K.G. July 2000; Colorado State University Cooperative Extension On-line PowerPoint presentation www.coopext.colostate.edu/TRA/PPT/Beck.ppt |
Saltcedar (Tamarix spp.) Invasion of the Western United States Newman, R. University of Minnesota, December 2001 www.fw.umn.edu/NRESExotics3002/GradPages/saltcedar/ |
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Tamarisk Symposium
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Saltcedar and Russian Olive Workshop |
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The Saltcedar Management Workshop Proceedings California Exotic Plant Pest Council (CalEPPC), June 1995 www.caleppc.org/symposia/95symposium/95symposium.html |
The Saltcedar Management Workshop Proceedings California Exotic Plant Pest Council (CalEPPC), June 1996 www.caleppc.org/symposia/96symposium/96symposium.html |
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Proceedings, Arundo and Saltcedar: The Deadly Duo California Exotic Plant Pest Council (CalEPPC); June 1998 www.caleppc.org/symposia/98symposium/98symposium.html |
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Other Recommended Reading
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The Nature Conservancy (TNC) Element Stewardship Abstract, Carpenter, A.T., December 1998 http://tncweeds.ucdavis.edu/esadocs/documnts/tamaram.html |
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| McDaniel, K.C., K.W. Duncan, and J.P. Taylor. 2000. Saltcedar control in New Mexico, pp. 173-184. In: Proceedings, Rangeland Weed and Brush Management – The Next Millennium Symposium and Workshop. October 19-21, 2000. San Angelo, TX. | |
| DiTomaso, J.D. 1998. Impact, biology, and ecology of saltcedar in the Southwestern United States, pp. 326-336. In: Whitson, T.D. (ed). Symposium: Integrated systems for noxious weed management on rangelands. Weed Technology 12(2):325-416. | |
| Duncan, K.W., and K.C. McDaniel. 1998. Saltcedar Management with Imazapyr, pp. 337-344. In: Whitson, T.D. (ed). Symposium: Integrated systems for noxious weed management on rangelands. Weed Technology 12(2):325-416. | |
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McDaniel, K.C., J.M. DiTomaso, and C.A. Duncan. In Press. Tamarisk or Saltcedar (Tamarix spp.), pp. 198-222. In: Invasive Plants of Range and Wildlands and Their Enviromental, Economic and Social Impacts, Chapter 17. Allen Press.
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Biological Control
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| Key Web sites and related contact points for both past work and current status of development and release for not only Diorhabda [leaf beetle] but also a few others (e.g., Coniatus tamarisci [weevil], Trabutina mannipara [mealy bug], etc.), as follows: http://wric.ucdavis.edu/exotic/techtran/years2-3.html (Research monitoring plan) | |
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Release proposal, insect biology/ecology http://arsserv0.tamu.edu/lewis.saltc.html |
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DeLoach, C.J. 1997. Saltcedar biological control: methodology, exploration, laboratory trials, proposals for field releases, and expected environmental effects, pp. 1-37. In: Saltcedar management and riparian restoration workshop. September 17-18, 1996, Las Vegas, Nevada. http://www.nevada.edu/home/0/schofier/webpages/deloach.html. |
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DeLoach, J.C., R.I. Carruthers, J.E. Lovich, T.L. Dudley, and S.D. Smith. 2000. Ecological interactions in the biological control of saltcedar (Tamarix spp.) in the United States: toward a new understanding, pp. 819-873. In: Spencer, N.R. (ed). Proceedings of the X International Symposium on biological control of weeds. July 4-14, 1999, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana. |
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DeLoach, C.J., P.A. Lewis, J.C. Herr, R.I. Carruthers, J.L. Tracy, and J. Johnson. 2003. Host specificity of the leaf beetle, Diorhabda elongata deserticola (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from Asia, a biological control agent for saltcedars (Tamarix spp.) in the western United States. Biol. Control 27:117-147. |
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Dudley, T.L., C.J. DeLoach, J.E. Lovich, and R.I. Carruthers. 2000. Saltcedar invasion of western riparian areas: impacts and new prospects for control, pp. 345-381. In: McCabe, R.E., and S.E. Loos (eds). Transactions of the 65th North American wildlife and natural resource conference. March 24-28, 2000, Rosemont, Illinois. |
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Lewis, P.A., C. J. DeLoach, A.E. Knutson, J.L. Tracy, and T.O. Robbins. 2003. Biology of Diorhabda elongata deserticola (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), an Asian leaf beetle for biological control of saltcedars (Tamarix spp.) in the United States. Biol. Control 27:101-116. |
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Lewis, P.A., C. J. DeLoach, J.C. Herr, T.L. Dudley, and R.I. Carruthers. 2003. Assessment of risk to native Frankenia shrubs from an Asian leaf beetle, Diorhabda elongata deserticola (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), introduced for biological control of saltcedars (Tamarix spp.) in the western United States. Biol. Control 27:148-166. |
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