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Terrestrial Ecosystem Classification in the Rocky Mountains, Northern Utah

Author : Antonin Kusbach
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Total Pages : 221 pages
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Download or read book Terrestrial Ecosystem Classification in the Rocky Mountains, Northern Utah written by Antonin Kusbach and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Currently, there is no comprehensive terrestrial ecosystem classification for the central Rocky Mountains of the United States. A comprehensive classification of terrestrial ecosystems in a mountainous study area in northern Utah was developed incorporating direct gradient analysis, spatial hierarchy theory, the zonal concept, and concepts of diagnostic species and fidelity, together with the biogeoclimatic ecosystem classification approach used in British Columbia, Canada. This classification was derived from vegetation and environmental sampling of both forest and non-forest ecosystems. The SNOwpack TELemetry (SNOTEL) and The National Weather Service (NWS) Cooperative Observer Program (COOP) weather station network were used to approximate climate of 163 sample plots. Within the large environmental diversity of the study area, three levels of ecosystem organization were distinguished: (1) macroclimatic regional climate; (2) mesoclimatic, accounting for local climate and moisture distribution; and (3) edaphic soil fertility. These three levels represent, in order, the L+1, L, and L-1 levels in a spatial hierarchy. Based on vegetation physiognomy, climatic data, and taxonomic classification of zonal soils, two vegetation geo-climatic zones were identified at the macroclimatic (L+1) level: (1) montane zone with Rocky Mountain juniper and Douglas-fir; and (2) subalpine zone with Engelmann spruce and subalpine fir as climatic climax species. A vegetation classification was developed by combining vegetation samples (releves) into meaningful vegetation units. A site classification was developed, based on dominant environmental gradients within the subalpine vegetation geoclimatic zone. Site classes were specified and a site grid was constructed. This site classification was coupled with the vegetation classification. Each plant community was associated with its environmental space within the site grid. This vegetation site overlay allowed ecosystems to be differentiated environmentally and a structure, combining zonal, vegetation, and site classifications, forms a comprehensive ecosystem classification. Based on assessment of plant communities' environmental demands and site vegetation potential, the comprehensive classification system enables inferences about site history and successional status of ecosystems. This classification is consistent with the recent USDA, Forest Service ECOMAP and Terrestrial Ecological Unit Inventory structure and may serve as a valuable tool not only in vegetation, climatic, or soil studies but also in practical ecosystem management.

Coniferous Forest Habitat Types of Northern Utah

Author : Ronald L. Mauk
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Total Pages : 96 pages
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Download or read book Coniferous Forest Habitat Types of Northern Utah written by Ronald L. Mauk and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

General Technical Report RM.

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Total Pages : 772 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book General Technical Report RM. written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 772 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Major Habitat Types, Community Types, and Plant Communities in the Rocky Mountains

Author : Robert R. Alexander
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Total Pages : 112 pages
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Download or read book Major Habitat Types, Community Types, and Plant Communities in the Rocky Mountains written by Robert R. Alexander and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Classification of Forest Habitat Types of the Southern Arizona and Portions of the Colorado Plateau

Author : Esteban Muldavin
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Total Pages : 138 pages
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Book Synopsis A Classification of Forest Habitat Types of the Southern Arizona and Portions of the Colorado Plateau by : Esteban Muldavin

Download or read book A Classification of Forest Habitat Types of the Southern Arizona and Portions of the Colorado Plateau written by Esteban Muldavin and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

General Technical Report INT.

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Total Pages : 636 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (568 download)

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Download or read book General Technical Report INT. written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

General Technical Report RMRS

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Total Pages : 760 pages
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Download or read book General Technical Report RMRS written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Forest Habitat Types in the Apache, Gila, and Part of the Cibola National Forests, Arizona and New Mexico

Author : E. Lee Fitzhugh
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Total Pages : 124 pages
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Download or read book Forest Habitat Types in the Apache, Gila, and Part of the Cibola National Forests, Arizona and New Mexico written by E. Lee Fitzhugh and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Structure and Function of an Alpine Ecosystem

Author : William D. Bowman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195344294
Total Pages : 352 pages
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Download or read book Structure and Function of an Alpine Ecosystem written by William D. Bowman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2001-04-26 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will provide a complete overview of an alpine ecosystem, based on the long-term research conducted at the Niwot Ridge LTER. There is, at present, no general book on alpine ecology. The alpine ecosystem features conditions near the limits of biological existence, and is a useful laboratory for asking more general ecological questions, because it offers large environmental change over relatively short distances. Factors such as macroclimate, microclimate, soil conditions, biota, and various biological factors change on differing scales, allowing insight into the relative contributions of the different factors on ecological outcomes.

Rocky Mountains Regional Plan Standards and Guidelines

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Total Pages : 76 pages
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Download or read book Rocky Mountains Regional Plan Standards and Guidelines written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Proceedings, Land Classifications Based on Vegetation

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Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)

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Download or read book Proceedings, Land Classifications Based on Vegetation written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Bibliography of SEAM Publications

Author : Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station (Ogden, Utah)
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Total Pages : 28 pages
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Download or read book Bibliography of SEAM Publications written by Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station (Ogden, Utah) and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Global to Local: Ecological Land Classification

Author : Richard A. Sims
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400916531
Total Pages : 619 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Global to Local: Ecological Land Classification written by Richard A. Sims and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 619 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ecological Land Classification (ELC) refers to the description of land resources at a range of spatial resolutions (i.e. global to local) and for a range of purposes or values. The emerging science of ELC is in fact a very carefully integrated blend of vegetation and earth sciences, climatology, cartography and ecology with a range of new technologies and methodologies including computer-based geographic information systems, remote sensing and simulation modelling. This publication defines the current `state-of-the-art' of ELC. It provides particular insight into the role of ELC in current and future forest resource planning and management, and emphasizes its application and usefulness at various spatial scales, for a variety of geographic locations, and under a range of management scenarios/constraints. The book is an invaluable and substantial reference source about the current trends in ELC and will be of particular value to ecologists, foresters, geographers, resource managers, wildlife biologists, GIS and remote sensing specialists, educators and students.

Ecological Subregions of the United States, Section Descriptions

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Total Pages : 302 pages
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Download or read book Ecological Subregions of the United States, Section Descriptions written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Proceedings RMRS.

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Total Pages : 148 pages
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Download or read book Proceedings RMRS. written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Fire Ecology and Management of the Major Ecosystems of Southern Utah

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Total Pages : 124 pages
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Download or read book Fire Ecology and Management of the Major Ecosystems of Southern Utah written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This document provides managers with a literature synthesis of the historical conditions, current conditions, fire regime condition classes (FRCC), and recommended treatments for the major ecosystems in southern Utah. Sections are by ecosystems and include: 1) coniferous forests (ponderosa pine, mixed conifer, and Engelmann spruce-subalpine fir), 2) aspen, 3) pinyon-juniper, 4) big and black sagebrush, and 5) desert shrubs (creosotebush, blackbrush, and interior chaparral). Southern Utah is at the ecological crossroads for much of the western United States. It contains steep environmental gradients and a broad range of fuels and fire regimes associated with vegetation types representative of the Rocky Mountains, the Great Basin, Northern Arizona and New Mexico, and the Mohave Desert. The Southern Utah Demonstration Area consists of contiguous state and federal lands within the administrative boundaries of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Fishlake and Dixie National Forests, National Park Sevice, and State of Utah, roughly encompassing the southern 15 percent of Utah (3.24 million ha). The vegetation types described are similar in species composition, stand structure, and ecologic function, including fire regime to vegetation types found on hundreds of millions of hectares in the 11 western states.

Big Sagebrush

Author : Bruce Leigh Welch
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Total Pages : 220 pages
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Download or read book Big Sagebrush written by Bruce Leigh Welch and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pioneers traveling along the Oregon Trail from western Nebraska, through Wyoming and southern Idaho and into eastern Oregon, referred to their travel as an 800 mile journey through a sea of sagebrush, mainly big sagebrush ( Artemisia tridentata). Today approximately 50 percent of the sagebrush sea has given way to agriculture, cities and towns, and other human developments. What remains is further fragmented by range management practices, creeping expansion of woodlands, alien weed species, and the historic view that big sagebrush is a worthless plant. Two ideas are promoted in this report: (1) big sagebrush is a nursing mother to a host of organisms that range from microscopic fungi to large mammals, and (2) many range management practices applied to big sagebrush ecosystems are not science based.