Dynamics and long-term monitoring of bunchgrass and shrub-steppe communities in Yellowstone National Park

The ability to analyze the causes and direction of range vegetation community change is hampered by outdated methodology and the lack of adequate replication among community types on Yellowstone’s northern ungulate winter range. USGS Rapid Response funds ($5,000; 2006-2007) were received for an assessment of archived data; a pilot study to calibrate Parker transect data with data from a modern, multi-scale plot; and a field assessment of the existing design.

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