Vegetation and soils monitoring data for Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, New Mexico: 2009-2023 - internal
McIntyre CL , Hubbard JA , Studd SE , Bonebrake KA . 2025. Vegetation and soils monitoring data for Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, New Mexico: 2009-2023 - internal. National Park Service. Fort Collins CO https://doi.org/10.57830/2310995
This dataset contains long-term monitoring data for terrestrial vegetation and soils for Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument (2009-2023). Monitoring of terrestrial vegetation and soils provides information on several high-priority vital signs in parks of the National Park Service’s Chihuahuan Desert Network (CHDN) and Sonoran Desert Network (SODN) parks, including vegetation dynamics, plant lifeform abundance, status and trends of established invasive exotic plants, soil compaction, soil aggregate stability, soil cover (including bare ground), and biological soil crusts (biocrusts). Because vegetation and soils are closely interrelated, it is necessary to monitor them in conjunction with each other in order to achieve a more complete picture of ecological function. The overall goal of SODN/CHDN terrestrial vegetation and soils monitoring is to ascertain broad-scale changes in vegetation and dynamic soils properties in the context of changes in other ecological drivers, stressors, and processes, as well as focal resources of interest.
- Type
- Data Package
- Authors
- McIntyre, Cheryl; Hubbard, John; Studd, Sarah; Bonebrake, Kristen
- Date of Issue
- 2025-05-04
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- DOI
- 10.57830/2310995
- Units
- GICL
- Keywords
- abundance, biocrust, biological soil crust, bulk density, community composition, deserts, ecology, forests, GICL, Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, grasslands, litter, long term monitoring, permanent plots, plant cover, plants, soil, soil pH, soil samples, soil texture, terrestrial ecosystems, transects, vegetation
- License
- Unlicensed (not for public dissemination)