Generalizing ecological site concepts of the Colorado Plateau for landscape-level applications
December 30, 2016
- Numerous ecological site descriptions in the southern Utah portion of the Colorado Plateau can be difficult to navigate, so we held a workshop aimed at adding value and functionality to the current ecological site system.
- We created new groups of ecological sites and drafted state-and-transition models for these new groups.
- We were able to distill the current large number of ecological sites in the study area (ca. 150) into eight ecological site groups that capture important variability in ecosystem dynamics.
- Several inventory and monitoring programs and landscape scale planning actions will likely benefit from more generalized ecological site group concepts.
Citation Information
| Publication Year | 2016 |
|---|---|
| Title | Generalizing ecological site concepts of the Colorado Plateau for landscape-level applications |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.rala.2016.10.010 |
| Authors | Michael C. Duniway, Travis W. Nauman, Jamin K. Johanson, Shane Green, Mark E. Miller, Brandon T. Bestelmeyer |
| Publication Type | Article |
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Series Title | Rangelands |
| Index ID | 70179457 |
| Record Source | USGS Publications Warehouse |
| USGS Organization | Southwest Biological Science Center |