Integrated upland monitoring protocol for the park units in the Northern Colorado Plateau Network: version 1.01
Witwicki D, Garman SL, Thomas H, Weissinger R, Wight A, Miller ME. 2009. Integrated upland monitoring protocol for the park units in the Northern Colorado Plateau Network: version 1.01. Northern Colorado Plateau Network
This protocol consists of this Protocol Narrative and the following Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs): SOP 1: Preparations and Equipment Setup Prior to the Field Season SOP 2: Training Observers SOP 3: Using the Global Positioning System SOP 4: Crust-Friendly Field Procedures SOP 5: Site Characterization SOP 6: Plot Establishment and Revisit Set-Up SOP 7: Repeat Photographs SOP 8: Measuring Vegetation and Surface Cover Using a Point-Intercept Transect SOP 9: Measuring Basal and Canopy Gaps Using Line-Intercept Sampling SOP 10: Measuring Shrub, Tree Seedling, and Exotic Perennial Density in a 1-m Belt Transect SOP 11: Soil Aggregate Stability SOP 12: Site Impact Assessment SOP 13: Measuring Overstory Trees SOP 14: Measuring Fuels SOP 15: Sampling Gambel Oak/Mixed Montane Shrub Plots SOP 16: Unknown Plants SOP 17: After the Field Season SOP 18: Data Management SOP 19: Data Analysis and Reporting SOP 20: Revising the Protocol SOP 21: Survey Design and Site Selection Refer to the "See Also" section for a link to the SOPs.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Witwicki, Dana; Garman, Steven; Thomas, Helen; Weissinger, Rebecca; Wight, Aneth; Miller, Mark
- Date of Issue
- 2009-09
- Publisher
- Northern Colorado Plateau Network
- Units
- ARCH , BLCA , BRCA , CANY , CARE , CEBR , CURE , DINO , NCPN , TICA , ZION
- Keywords
- Monitoring, NCPN monitoring protocol, Plant Studies, soils, Upland, Uplands, vegetation
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Geology and Soils | Soil Quality | Soil Function and Dynamics , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Grassland/Herbaceous Communities , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Shrubland Communities , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Forest/Woodland Communities
Other versions
- Upland vegetation and soils monitoring protocol for park units in the Northern Colorado Plateau Network: version 1.07
- Integrated upland monitoring protocol for the park units in the Northern Colorado Plateau Network: version 1.06
- Integrated upland monitoring protocol for the park units in the Northern Colorado Plateau Network: version 1.05
- Integrated upland monitoring protocol for the park units in the Northern Colorado Plateau Network: version 1.04
- Integrated upland monitoring protocol for the park units in the Northern Colorado Plateau Network: version 1.03
- Integrated upland monitoring protocol for the park units in the Northern Colorado Plateau Network: version 1.02
- Integrated upland monitoring protocol for the park units in the Northern Colorado Plateau Network: version 1.00