Status and Trends

Reports & Publications

Status and Trends of the Nation's Biological Resources, vols. 1-2

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Plants

Trees Shrubs Forbs Grasses Nonvascular Plants

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Agricultural Practice (Impacts)

Threatened and Endangered Species

Natural Resource Management

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Nonnative Grass Invasions and Fire in the Mojave Desert
Recent USGS studies have shown that nonnative annual grasses in the genera Bromus and Schismus now dominate most plant communities in the Mojave Desert. Unlike most native annual plants, these grasses grow in many different situations and can create continuous fuel beds across the landscape by filling in the plant-free space that once separated and protected native perennials from fire.

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Fire Ecology Research

Publisher: USGS | Science Center: Western Ecological Research Center (WERC, Sacramento) | Format: URL

www.werc.usgs.gov — This web resource lists research projects related to detailed studies of fire history and fire ecology in the Sierra Nevada forests, the California shrublands, and the Mojave and Sonoran deserts. Researchers at the Western Ecological Research Center (WERC) are making contributions to this effort through Knowledge, forming the basis for new More...

National Resources Monitoring Partnership (NRMP)

Publisher: NBII | Format: URL

www.nbii.gov — Natural resource managers face complex decisions that require a clear understanding of the status of wildlife populations and their habitats. Monitoring is key to making effective management decisions and evaluating the outcomes of those decisions. The goal of NRMP is to improve the accessibility of monitoring efforts to resource managers to aid More...

National Resources Monitoring Partnership (NRMP) Newsletter

Publisher: USGS | Science Center: Fort Collins Science Center (FORT, Ft. Collins) | Format: URL

www.fort.usgs.gov — Natural Resource Monitoring Partnership (NRMP) is a collaborative effort by the natural resource management community to improve monitoring efforts in order to support effective evaluation and decision-making by sharing information on monitoring projects and protocols. The Natural Resource Monitoring Partnership was built for easy access to More...