Author: United States. Bureau of Land ManagementPublisher:
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Languages : en
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Interpreting Indicators Of Rangeland Health, Version 3... Technical Reference 1734-6... U.S. Department Of The Interior... 2000
Author: United States. Bureau of Land ManagementPublisher:
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Languages : en
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Indicators of Rangeland Health and Functionality in the Intermountain West
Author: Renee O'BrienPublisher:
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Category : Ecosystem health
Languages : en
Pages : 20
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Rangelands comprise about 42 percent of the land area of the United States and provide vital land functions such as watershed, multiple-use, recreation, and other amenities. Currently, we do not know the status and trends of many of our nation's rangelands, and consistent protocols for describing rangeland system dynamics across land management agencies are lacking. Various Federal land management agencies have responsibility for rangeland inventory and assessments that characterize the health of the nation's rangelands. Many efforts have been initiated to standardize an approach to large-scale monitoring and assessment of rangelands, but none are universally accepted. This paper describes four rangeland health indicators and interpretation criteria that can be used to characterize rangeland health and functionality. The four indicators tested in this study-noxious weeds, ground cover, species composition, and shrub cover-proved to be viable indicators of rangeland health and functionality. The paper recommends that these indicators can be used at many scales, from the site level for local planning, to State and national levels for strategic planning.
Interpreting Indicators of Rangeland Health
Author: Michael L. PellantPublisher:
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Category : Ecological integrity
Languages : en
Pages : 186
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"Version 5 of 'Interpreting Indicators of Rangeland Health' (IIRH), Technical Reference 1734-6, is the third published edition of this protocol. Version 5 reflects protocol updates and clarifications identified through 15 years of teaching and applying the IIRH protocol using Version 4 (Pellant et al. 2005). Changes in Version 5 further improve the ease of protocol use and consistency in its application. In Version 5, some of the indicator names are slightly modified, and the protocol to assess functional/structural groups (indicator 12) improves user application"--Page 1.
Monitoring Manual for Grassland, Shrubland and Savanna Ecosystems, Volume II: Design, Supplementary Methods and Interpretation, 2005
Author: Interpreting Indicators of Rangeland Health
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Category : Ecological integrity
Languages : en
Pages : 118
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General Technical Report RMRS
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Category : Ecological disturbances
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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Interpreting Indicators of Rangeland Health
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Category : Ecological integrity
Languages : en
Pages : 146
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"The protocol described in this technical reference is designed to: be used only by knowledgeable, experienced people; provide a preliminary evaluation of soil/site stability, hydrologic function, and biotic integrity (at the ecological site level); be used to communicate fundamental ecological concepts to a wide variety of audiences; improve communication among interest groups by focusing discussion on critical ecosystem properties and processes; select monitoring sites in the development of monitoring programs; provide early warnings of potential problems and opportunities by helping land managers identify areas that are potentially at risk of degradation or where resource problems currently exist"--P. 1.
Interpreting Indicators of Rangeland Health
Author: Assessment of Grassland Ecosystem Conditions in the Southwestern United States: without special title
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Category : Ecological disturbances
Languages : en
Pages : 176
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Assessment of Grassland Ecosystem Conditions in the Southwestern United States
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Ecological disturbances
Languages : en
Pages : 176
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