Landscape Conditions and Trends in and Around Rocky Mountain National Park: Summary Results
Theobald D, Goetz S, Gross J, Hansen A, Piekielek N, Melton F, Hiatt S. 2010. Landscape Conditions and Trends in and Around Rocky Mountain National Park: Summary Results
The goal of this project is to integrate the routine acquisition and analysis of NASA Earth System Science products and other data sources into the NPS I&M decision support systems and use these NASA products to evaluate and forecast ecological condition of US National Parks. The project focuses on four sets of national parks to develop and demonstrate the approach: The Delaware Water Gap and Upper Delaware National Recreation Areas, Sequoia Kings Canyon and Yosemite National Parks, Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, and Rocky Mountain National Park. This document reports initial findings on landscape trends and conditions in and around Rocky Mountain National Park. After a short introduction, the report highlights initial results for each of the indicators evaluated. The report concludes with a synthesis and interpretation of the trends to identify the primary past and potential future changes to landscape condition that are most relevant to management.
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- Theobald, D.; Goetz, S.; Gross, J.; Hansen, A.; Piekielek, N.; Melton, F.; Hiatt, S.
- Date of Issue
- 2010-10-01
- Units
- ROMO
- Keywords
- Biodiversity, Climate Change, Drought, ecological systems, ecosystem productivity, Land allocation, Landscape, Landscape dynamics, Landscape Phenology, palms