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ESR
Workshop Materials
Intro
Objectives
Stratification/Randomization/Controls
Data Quality and Statistical Analysis
Field Methods
Database
Graphical Analysis Spreadsheet
Jornada Experimental Range - Monitoring and Assessment
Page:
Here you can download the Rangeland Database and Field Data Entry
System that accommodates the techniques found in the Monitoring Manual
for Grasslands, Shrublands, and Savannas
http://usda-ars.nmsu.edu/JER/Monit_Assess/rangedb_main.php
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Vegetation Monitoring
Manuals |
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Monitoring Manual
for Grasslands, Shrublands, and Savanna Ecosystems
(Volumes 1 and 2) |
Herrick, J.E., Van
Zee, J.W., Havstad, K.M., Burkett, L.M., Whitford, W.G. 2005a.
Monitoring Manual For Grassland, Shrubland and Savanna Ecosystems.
Volume 1: Quick Start. USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range. 36 p.
http://usda-ars.nmsu.edu/Monit_Assess/PDF_files/Quick_Start.pdf
Herrick, J.E., Van
Zee, J.W., Havstad, K.M, Burkett, L.M., Whitford, W.G. 2005b.
Monitoring Manual For Grassland, Shrubland and Savanna Ecosystems.
Volume 2: Design, Supplementary Methods and Interpretation. USDA-ARS
Jornada Experimental Range. 200 p.
http://usda-ars.nmsu.edu/Monit_Assess/PDF_files/Volume_II.pdf
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Measuring and
monitoring plant populations |
Elzinga, C.L.,
Salzer, D.W., and Willoughby, J.W. 1998. Measuring and Monitoring
Plant Populations. USDI Bureau of Land Management Technical
Reference 1730-1. 492p.
http://www.blm.gov/nstc/library/pdf/MeasAndMon.pdf
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Sampling vegetation
attributes |
Interagency
Technical Reference. 1999. Sampling Vegetation Attributes. BLM
Technical Reference 1734-4. 158 p.
http://www.blm.gov/nstc/library/pdf/samplveg.pdf
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Fire Effects
Monitoring and Inventory Protocol (FIREMON) |
Lutes, Duncan C., Keane, Robert, E., Caratti,
John. F., Key, Carl H., Benson, Nathan C., Sutherland, Steve, Gangi, Larry J.,
2006. FIREMON: Fire Effects Monitoring and Inventory System. Gen. Tech. Rep.
RMRS-GTR-164-CD. For Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 1 CD. 400 p.
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/24042
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Fire Monitoring
Handbook |
USDI National Park
Service. 2003. Fire Monitoring Handbook. Boise, ID: Fire
Management program Center, National Interagency Fire Center. 274 p.
http://www.nps.gov/fire/download/fir_eco_FEMHandbook2003.pdf
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Fuel and Fire
Effects Monitoring Guide |
USDI Fish and
Wildlife Service. 1999. Fuel and Fire Effects Monitoring Guide.
http://www.fws.gov/fire/downloads/monitor.pdf
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Land Condition Trend
Analysis |
U.S.
Army Sustainable Range Program, 2006. RTLA Technical Reference Manual:
Ecological Monitoring on Military Lands.
This publication is
currently unavailable pending revision.
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Other Resources:
Quantitative Techniques Dataforms:
http://usda-ars.nmsu.edu/JER/Monit_Assess/dataforms_main.php
Quadrat-Based Density Dataform:
Density_Quadrats.xls
Where to obtain digital elevation models
(DEM's) for spatial stratification:
http://seamless.usgs.gov/
Where to obtain shapefiles for soil mapping
units:
http://soildatamart.nrcs.usda.gov/Default.aspx
Field book for Describing and Sampling Soils
http://soils.usda.gov/technical/fieldbook/
Web Soil Survey:
http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/app/
Official Soil Series Descriptions:
http://soils.usda.gov/technical/classification/osd/index.html
Ecological Site
Descriptions:
http://esis.sc.egov.usda.gov/Welcome/pgReportLocation.aspx?type=ESD
USGS Status and Trends of Biological Resources Page:
http://biology.usgs.gov/status_trends/
Measuring Erosion with Silt Fences:
http://forest.moscowfsl.wsu.edu/engr/siltfence/
Department of Interior Adaptive Management
Page:
http://www.doi.gov/initiatives/AdaptiveManagement/index.html
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