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Research Project:
Models and Monitoring Protocols to Support Long-Term Monitoring of Desert Ecosystems
Location: Range Management Research
Project Number: 6235-11210-006-38
Project Type:
Reimbursable
Start Date: Aug 01, 2005
End Date: Jul 31, 2010
Objective:
JER and NPS cooperative effort to develop monitoring protocols for desert ecosystems for NPS units within the Chihuahuan Desert Inventory and Monitoring Network.
Approach:
1) Participation in Conceptual Ecological Monitoring Workshops, preparation of literature review and conceptual models. 2) Initiating the development of a protocol report (includes sampling design and integrated set of monitoring methods. 3) Pilot implementation of proposed methods. 4) Refinement of sampling design and methods, and documentation of monitoring protocols.
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Last Modified: 05/09/2009
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