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Book Synopsis Describing Indicators of Rangeland Health by : Nika Lepak
Download or read book Describing Indicators of Rangeland Health written by Nika Lepak and published by . This book was released on 2024 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This technical reference explains a simple, repeatable protocol to describe and quantify 17 indicators of rangeland health. The protocol uses a combination of quantitative measurements and qualitative observations. Users of the Describing Indicators of Rangeland Health (DIRH) protocol should possess basic rangeland monitoring experience, knowledge of soils and vegetation, and strong observational skills. This protocol does not rate degree of indicator departure from an ecological reference; instead, a standardized system is used to classify and describe each of the 17 indicators independent of a reference"--Page 2.
Book Synopsis Interpreting Indicators of Rangeland Health by :
Download or read book Interpreting Indicators of Rangeland Health written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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.
Book Synopsis Indicators of Rangeland Health and Functionality in the Intermountain West by : Renee O'Brien
Download or read book Indicators of Rangeland Health and Functionality in the Intermountain West written by Renee O'Brien and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis Interpreting Indicators of Rangeland Health by :
Download or read book Interpreting Indicators of Rangeland Health written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Interpreting Indicators of Rangeland Health by : U S Department of the Interior Bureau O
Download or read book Interpreting Indicators of Rangeland Health written by U S Department of the Interior Bureau O and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-01-03 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The science of assessing rangelands is changing as concepts and protocols continue to evolve. The concept of rangeland health was advanced as an alternative to range condition. The ecological status concept is currently used by most range professionals as the basis for inventory and assessment. Although the term health has been controversial when used in association with natural systems.
Book Synopsis Interpreting Indicators of Rangeland Health by :
Download or read book Interpreting Indicators of Rangeland Health written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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.
Book Synopsis Rangeland Health by : National Research Council
Download or read book Rangeland Health written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1994-02-01 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rangelands comprise between 40 and 50 percent of all U.S. land and serve the nation both as productive areas for wildlife, recreational use, and livestock grazing and as watersheds. The health and management of rangelands have been matters for scientific inquiry and public debate since the 1880s, when reports of widespread range degradation and livestock losses led to the first attempts to inventory and classify rangelands. Scientists are now questioning the utility of current methods of rangeland classification and inventory, as well as the data available to determine whether rangelands are being degraded. These experts, who are using the same methods and data, have come to different conclusions. This book examines the scientific basis of methods used by federal agencies to inventory, classify, and monitor rangelands; it assesses the success of these methods; and it recommends improvements. The book's findings and recommendations are of interest to the public; scientists; ranchers; and local, state, and federal policymakers.
Book Synopsis Interpreting Indicators of Rangeland Health by : Michael L. Pellant
Download or read book Interpreting Indicators of Rangeland Health written by Michael L. Pellant and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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.
Book Synopsis Interpreting Indicators of Rangeland Health by :
Download or read book Interpreting Indicators of Rangeland Health written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Interpreting Indicators of Rangeland Health by : Michael L. Pellant
Download or read book Interpreting Indicators of Rangeland Health written by Michael L. Pellant and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Application of Rangeland Health Indicators on Forested Plots on the Fishlake National Forest, Utah by : Maggie G. Toone
Download or read book Application of Rangeland Health Indicators on Forested Plots on the Fishlake National Forest, Utah written by Maggie G. Toone and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Typical indicators of rangeland health are used to describe health and functionality of a variety of rangeland ecosystems. Similar indicators may be applied to forested locations to examine ecological health at a local forest level. Four rangeland health indicators were adapted and applied to data compiled by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Stations Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program for research locations on the Fishlake National Forest in central Utah. These data can be used by local forest managers to determine the health status of the local forest and to identify the proportion of sites that may be functioning at risk. Sites considered to be functioning at risk are those in which integrity and stability of site characteristics (soil, vegetation, water, and air) and ecological processes of a balanced ecosystem are threatened. We found the noxious weed and bare ground indicators can be readily used to determine sites at risk. Clear thresholds need to be further defined for application of the species composition and shrub indicators to describe health and functionality of forested sites. With clearly defined thresholds, ecosystem health of forests and rangelands could be monitored with the application of these and other indicators using FIA data.
Book Synopsis Interpreting Indicators Of Rangeland Health, Version 3... Technical Reference 1734-6... U.S. Department Of The Interior... 2000 by : United States. Bureau of Land Management
Download or read book Interpreting Indicators Of Rangeland Health, Version 3... Technical Reference 1734-6... U.S. Department Of The Interior... 2000 written by United States. Bureau of Land Management and published by . This book was released on 2001* with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Indicators of Rangeland Health and Functionality in the Intermountain West by :
Download or read book Indicators of Rangeland Health and Functionality in the Intermountain West written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Rangeland Systems by : David D. Briske
Download or read book Rangeland Systems written by David D. Briske and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-04-12 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is open access under a CC BY-NC 2.5 license. This book provides an unprecedented synthesis of the current status of scientific and management knowledge regarding global rangelands and the major challenges that confront them. It has been organized around three major themes. The first summarizes the conceptual advances that have occurred in the rangeland profession. The second addresses the implications of these conceptual advances to management and policy. The third assesses several major challenges confronting global rangelands in the 21st century. This book will compliment applied range management textbooks by describing the conceptual foundation on which the rangeland profession is based. It has been written to be accessible to a broad audience, including ecosystem managers, educators, students and policy makers. The content is founded on the collective experience, knowledge and commitment of 80 authors who have worked in rangelands throughout the world. Their collective contributions indicate that a more comprehensive framework is necessary to address the complex challenges confronting global rangelands. Rangelands represent adaptive social-ecological systems, in which societal values, organizations and capacities are of equal importance to, and interact with, those of ecological processes. A more comprehensive framework for rangeland systems may enable management agencies, and educational, research and policy making organizations to more effectively assess complex problems and develop appropriate solutions.
Download or read book General Technical Report RMRS written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Rangeland Health by : National Research Council
Download or read book Rangeland Health written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rangelands comprise between 40 and 50 percent of all U.S. land and serve the nation both as productive areas for wildlife, recreational use, and livestock grazing and as watersheds. The health and management of rangelands have been matters for scientific inquiry and public debate since the 1880s, when reports of widespread range degradation and livestock losses led to the first attempts to inventory and classify rangelands. Scientists are now questioning the utility of current methods of rangeland classification and inventory, as well as the data available to determine whether rangelands are being degraded. These experts, who are using the same methods and data, have come to different conclusions. This book examines the scientific basis of methods used by federal agencies to inventory, classify, and monitor rangelands; it assesses the success of these methods; and it recommends improvements. The book's findings and recommendations are of interest to the public; scientists; ranchers; and local, state, and federal policymakers.
Download or read book Rangeland Monitoring written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
