Vegetation production and phenology at Curecanti National Recreation Area, 2000-2019 [Web Brief]
Thoma D and Gareis J. 2025. Vegetation production and phenology at Curecanti National Recreation Area, 2000-2019 [Web Brief]. National Park Service
Northern Colorado Plateau Network’s scientists use satellite observations of vegetation condition in Curecanti National Recreation Area with climate data over time to reveal how climate influences plant production and phenology.
- Type
- Resource Brief
- Authors
- Thoma, David; Gareis, Jolie
- Date of Issue
- 2025-01-17
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- CURE , NCPN
- Keywords
- alliance groups, aspen, Blue Mesa Reservoir, CURE, Curecanti National Recreation Area, disturbed, Douglas fir, drought, evapotranspiration, grasslands ecology, Green River, Inventory and Monitoring Division, juniper, long-term monitoring, mixed montane shrubland, NCPN, Northern Colorado Plateau Network, phenology, phenology monitoring, pinyon, quaking aspen, remote sensing, riparian, sagebrush, satellite observation, senescence, shrubland, sparsely vegetated, vegetation monitoring, wet meadow