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Refereed Publications

Lair, K.D., N.P. Ritter, and A.J. Howard.  2006.  Note: Use of Activated Charcoal to Protect Native Seeds from Herbicides. Ecological Restoration.  24(2): 122-124.

 

Ritter, N.P. and G. E. Crow.  2005. A floristic and biogeographical analysis of the wetlands of the Bolivian cloud forest. Rhodora. 107: 1-33.

 

Ritter, N.P.  2004.  Too Wet For Aquatic Plants? Floristic Composition, Diversity, and Phytogeography of the Wetlands Along the Base of the Bolivian Andes. Rhodora. 106: 1-32.

 

——. , G. E. Crow, and J. H. Wiersema. 2001. Nymphaea (Nymphaeaceae) in Bolivia: Notes on several species, three new country records, and a key to species. Rhodora. 103: 326-331.

 

——. and G. E. Crow.  2000. Notes on the Lentibulariaceae in Bolivia: a new genus record (Genlisea) for the country, with two additional species records in the genus Utricularia. Rhodora. 102: 87-94.

 

G.E. Crow and N.P. Ritter.  1999. Myriophyllum mattogrossense Hoehne (Haloragaceae), a rare lowland watermilfoil new to Bolivia. Rhodora. 101: 28-39.

 

Ritter, N.P. and G.E. Crow. 1999. Primera documentación de Myriophyllum aquaticum (Haloragácea) en Bolivia. Ecología en Bolivia. 32: 37-39.

 

——. 1998. Myriophyllum quitense H.B.K. (Haloragaceae) in Bolivia: a terrestrial growth-form with bisexual flowers. Aquatic Botany. 60: 389-395.

 

Technical Publications and Reports

Ritter, N.P. 2009. Restoration Plan for the Ossipee Pine Barrens Preserve, Ossipee, NH.  The Nature Conservancy, Concord, NH. 108 pp.

 

Ritter, N.P. and K.D. Lair. 2007.  A Synthesis of Restoration Research Conducted Near Tranquillity, California. Endangered Species Recovery Program. Fresno, CA. 80 pp.

 

U.S. Department of the Interior, Interagency Land Retirement Team. 2005. Land Retirement Demonstration Project Year Five Final Report. Endangered Species Recovery Program. Fresno, CA. 286 pp.

 

Uptain, C.E., N.P. Ritter, S.L. Lee, S. Laymon, K.R. Garcia, A.J. Howard, G. Basso, S. Messer, D.E. Newman, S. Phillips, L. Williams, K. Kreitinger, P.A. Kelly, and D.F. Williams. 2004. Land Retirement Demonstration Project Year Four. 2002 Annual Report. Endangered Species Recovery Program. Fresno, CA. 307 pp.

 

Uptain, C.E., N.P. Ritter, S.L. Lee, S. Laymon, K. Kreitinger, S. Phillips, A. Harpster, J. Kokx, A.J. Howard, S. Messer, D.E. Newman, P.A. Kelly, and D.F. Williams. 2002.  Land Retirement Demonstration Project Year Three. 2001 Annual Report. Endangered Species Recovery Program. Fresno, CA. 166 pp.

 

Ritter, N.P. and G. E. Crow. 1999.  Composition, Structure, and Diversity of the Aquatic Flora of the Large Lakes of the Bolivian Pantanal.  Report submitted to the World Wildlife Fund.  19 pp.

 

——. and ——. 1999.  Reporte Sobre Nuestras Investigaciones de los Sistemas Acuáticos del Parque Nacional Noel Kempff Mercado: 1998; Algunos Registros Nuevos Por el Parque y Por El País.  Report submitted to La Fundación de los Amigos de la Naturaleza and the Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado, Santa Cruz, Bolivia. 6 pp.

 

——. and ——. 1999. La Flora Acuática de los Lagunas Grandes del Pantanal Boliviano.  Informe de Avance Técnico: Estudios de los Ecosistemas Prioritarios Para la Conservación del Parque Nacional Otuquis y San Matías.  25 pp.

 

Ritter, N.P. 1997. A study of the Aquatic Habitats of Parque Noel Kempff Mercado, Bolivia.  Report submitted to FONAMA/USAID.  86 pp.

 

Sperduto, D. and N.P. Ritter. 1994.  Atlantic White Cedar Wetlands of New Hampshire.  Report submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency, Wetlands Protection Section, under the auspices of the New Hampshire Natural Heritage Program and the Eastern Heritage Task Force/The Nature Conservancy. Concord, NH.  96 pp.

 

Crow, G. E., N.P. Ritter, K. McCauley, D. J. Padgett. 1993. Botanical Reconnaissance of Mountain Pond Research Natural Area. Northeastern Forest Experiment Station, USDA, General Technical Report NE-187. 12 pp.

 

Online Databases

Ritter, N.P. 2005.  NEOAQUATICA. A Database of Vascular Plant Species Associated With Neotropical Wetlands. (http://www.botanize.com).

 

Book Sections

Jørgensen, P.M. and N.P. Ritter.  Lentibulariaceae. In: P.M. Jørgensen et al. (eds.), Catalogue of Bolivian Vascular Plants. MSB, Monographs in Systematic Botany, South America (ms. reviewed, accepted, catalogue in prep.).

 

——., J. Pringle, and N.P. Ritter. Nymphoides (Menyanthaceae).  In: P.M. Jørgensen et al. (eds.), Catalogue of Bolivian Vascular Plants. MSB, Monographs in Systematic Botany, South America (ms. reviewed, accepted, catalogue in prep.).

 

Ritter, N.P. and S.G. Beck.  Elatinaceae. In: P.M. Jørgensen et al. (eds.), Catalogue of Bolivian Vascular Plants. MSB, Monographs in Systematic Botany, South America (ms. reviewed, accepted, catalogue in prep.).

 

Ritter, N.P. 2009.  Alismataceae, Ceratophyllaceae, Hydrocharitaceae, Juncaginaceae, Limnocharitaceae, Najadaceae, Potamogetonaceae, Ruppiaceae, and Zannichelliaceae. In: P.M. Jørgensen et al. (eds.), Catalogue of Bolivian Vascular Plants. MSB, Monographs in Systematic Botany, South America (ms. reviewed, accepted, catalogue in prep.).

 

——. and M. Garvizu.  Pontederiaceae and Typhaceae. In: P.M. Jørgensen et al. (eds.), Catalogue of Bolivian Vascular Plants. MSB, Monographs in Systematic Botany, South America (ms. reviewed, accepted, catalogue in prep.).

 

Wiersema, J.H. and N.P. Ritter. Cabombaceae and Nymphaeaceae.  In: P.M. Jørgensen et al. (eds.), Catalogue of Bolivian Vascular Plants. MSB, Monographs in Systematic Botany, South America (ms. reviewed, accepted, catalogue in prep.).

 


Presentations at Professional Meetings

Kelly, P.K., B. Borders, N.P. Ritter, K.D. Lair, S.L. Lee. 2009.  Challenges and Opportunities in Restoration of Retired Agricultural Lands in Fresno County, California.  National Center for Environmental Education, Third Annual Conference on Ecosystem Restoration. Los Angeles, CA.

 

Ritter, N.P., Lair, K.D., and A.J. Howard.   2007. Lessons Learned in the Use of Herbicides and Activated Charcoal Activated for the Restoration of Retired Agricultural Lands in the Western San Joaquin Valley (California).  Society for Ecological Restoration International Annual Meeting.  San Jose, CA.

 

Lair, K.D., N.P. Ritter, and A.J. Howard. 2007. Restoration of Retired Agricultural Lands in the San Joaquin Valley, California Using Herbicides and Activated Charcoal.  Weed Science Society of America Annual Meetings.  San Antonio, TX..

 

Ritter N.P., P.A. Kelly, and S.E. Phillips. 2006. Picking up the Pieces: The Status of Native Vegetation in the Western San Joaquin Valley. Botany 2006. Chico, CA.

 

Lair, K.D., N.P. Ritter, and A.J. Howard.  2006.  Restoration of degraded agricultural lands in the San Joaquin Valley (California) using herbicides and activated charcoal. California Invasive Plant Council (Cal-IPC) Annual Meetings, Sonoma, CA.

 

Lair, K.D., N.P. Ritter, and A.J. Howard.  2006. Restoration of degraded agricultural lands in the San Joaquin Valley (California) using herbicides and activated charcoal. Soil and Water Conservation Society Annual Meetings.  Keystone, CO.

 

Ritter N.P., C.E. Uptain, and P.A. Kelly. 2005. The Potential for Using Locally-collected Seed in San Joaquin Valley Restoration. Society for Ecological Restoration, California (SERCAL), Bass Lake, CA.

 

——., A.J. Howard, and K.D. Lair. 2005.  Large-scale Restoration of Degraded Agricultural Lands in the San Joaquin Valley (California). Society for Ecological Restoration International Annual Meeting.  Zaragoza, Spain.

 

——., C.E. Uptain, K.D. Lair and A.J. Howard.  2004. From Wetland, to Agriculture, to Upland: Large-scale Restoration of Retired Agricultural Lands in the San Joaquin Valley, California. Society for Ecological Restoration International Annual Meeting.  Victoria, British Columbia.

 

Lee, S.L., N.P. Ritter, C.E. Uptain. 2004.  Results from the CVPIA Land Retirement Demonstration Project.  U.C. Salinity/Drainage Annual Meeting,  Sacramento, CA.

 

Uptain, C.E., N.P. Ritter, and A.J. Howard. 2003. Land Retirement in the San Joaquin Valley: An Overview of Research and Restoration Strategies.  California Department of Water Resources Environmental Scientist Conference.  U.C. Davis, CA.

 


Ritter, N.P. 2002.  Habitat Restoration on Retired Agricultural Lands in the San Joaquin Valley (California). Ecological Society of America/Society for Ecological Restoration Annual Meetings.  Tucson, AZ.

 

——. 2002.  Restoration of Native Vegetation on Retired Agricultural Lands: Oh, What a Difference a Year Makes!  The Wildlife Society (Western Section) Annual Meetings.  Visalia, CA.

 

——. and G.E. Crow.  1998. Flora Acuática de Bolivia. VII Congreso Latinoamericano de Botánica/XIV Congreso Mexicano de Botánica. Mexico City.

 

Poster Presentations

Borders, B. D., P. A. Kelly, N. P. Ritter, K. D. Lair. 2009. Nursery production of local ecotype seed in support of regional restoration efforts.  National Center for Environmental Education, Third Annual Conference on Ecosystem Restoration. Los Angeles, CA.

 

Foster, P. F., T. J. Killeen & N.P. Ritter. 1997. Structure and composition of an inundated forest in eastern Bolivia. Tropical Diversity: Origins, Maintenance, and Conservation. Symposium and Annual. Meeting (San Jose Costa Rica), The Association for Tropical Biology.

 

Student Research Presentations

Magill, E., N.P. Ritter, and J.V.H. Constable. 2006.  Restoration implications based on growth characteristics of invasive and native plant species.  Botany 2006. Chico, California.

 

Magill, E., J.V.H. Constable, and N.P. Ritter. 2005.  Restoration of native plants through study of seeding method and soil type.  SERCAL 12th Annual Conference. Bass Lake, California.

 

——, ——, ——.  2005. Soil type differentially affects growth of native and invasive plant species.  Central California Research Symposium, Fresno State University.  Fresno, California.

 

Invited Lectures and Workshops

Glode, J., N.P. Ritter, and P. Steckler. 2008. Imposing Order On To Chaos: Lessons Learned in Invasive Species Control Prioritization at the Watershed Scale.  Workshop on Invasive Species Prevention and Management: Spotlight on Salty Species.  October 7-9th, 2008.  Jamesville, VA.

 

Ritter, N.P.  2007.  Restoration of Retired Agricultural Land in the San Joaquin Valley (California).  Invited Seminar.  Millersville University, Millersville, PA.

 

——. 2006.  Dude, Where’s My Flora? — The Status of Native Seed Sources in the Western San Joaquin Valley. California Native Plant Society (Sequoia Chapter). Fresno, CA.

 

——. 2005.  Bringing back the native flora:  Large-scale restoration of retired agricultural lands in the San Joaquin Valley.  California State University, Fresno Biology Colloquium.  Fresno, CA.

 

——. 2004.  Ecological restoration of former agricultural lands in the San Joaquin Valley.  California Native Plant Society (Sequoia Chapter).  Fresno, CA.

 

——. 2003. Phytodiversity in Bolivia’s Wetlands: An Exception to the Latitudinal Gradient of diversity?  Invited Seminar.  California State University, Stanislaus Biology Colloquium.  Turlock, CA.

 

——. 2001.  Exploring Vascular Plant Diversity in Bolivia's Wetlands. Research Seminar. Fairchild Tropical Garden, Miami. FL.

 

——. 2001. Biodiversity and Phytogeography of Bolivia’s Wetland Flora.  Invited Seminar. Illinois State Museum, Springfield. IL.

 

——. 2001.  Biodiversity and Phytogeography of Bolivia’s Wetland Flora.  Invited Seminar. Delaware State University, Dover, DE.

 

——. 2000.  Biodiversity and Phytogeography of Bolivia's Wetland Flora.  Research Seminar. Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.

 

——. 2000.  Exploring Vascular Plant Diversity in Bolivia's Wetlands. Research Seminar. Department of Life Sciences and Biology, Louisiana State University, LA.

 

——. 1995.  Aquatic Botanical Exploration in Bolivia.  Research Seminar.  Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO.



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