MEDN Vegetation Monitoring
Mendelsohn M and Williams C . MEDN Vegetation Monitoring. 1984. National Park Service
The three parks within MEDN seek to maintain and restore native ecosystems and ecological processes with the goal of preserving native vegetation and species diversity. In each park’s natural resource management plan, non-native plant invasion, anthropogenic and climatically driven changes in community composition and species abundances, and loss of species diversity are management concerns for maintaining ecological integrity. Long-term vegetation monitoring at these parks is key to understanding ecological changes and informing managers of vegetation shifts and provides the basis for taking management action when needed. The protocol for vegetation monitoring is one of three MEDN protocols that are unified across all three parks. Parks: CABR, CHIS, SAMO Protocol Objectives: Determine status and trends in species composition, richness, and abundance within the terrestrial vegetation of MEDN parks, including post-fire and post-grazing changes in vegetation.
- Type
- Project
- Authors
- Mendelsohn, Mark; Williams, Cameron
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- CABR , CHIS , MEDN , SAMO
Program
Products
- Channel Island National Park: 2014 Terrestrial Vegetation Monitoring Results
- Channel Islands National Park: Terrestrial vegetation monitoring annual report - 2016
- Channel Islands National Park: Terrestrial vegetation annual report - 2014
- Channel Islands National Park: Terrestrial vegetation annual report - 2015
- Channel Islands National Park: Terrestrial vegetation monitoring annual report - 2020
- Channel Islands National Park: Terrestrial vegetation monitoring annual report—2019
- Natural resource condition assessment: Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
- Terrestrial Vegetation Monitoring Handbook (Draft)
- Terrestrial vegetation monitoring protocol for the Mediterranean Coast Network—Cabrillo National Monument, Channel Islands National Park, and Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area: Narrative, Version 1.0
- Terrestrial vegetation monitoring protocol for the Mediterranean Coast Network—Cabrillo National Monument, Channel Islands National Park, and Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area: Standard Operating Procedures, Version 1.0
- Terrestrial vegetation monitoring, Channel Islands National Park, 1984–1995 Report
- Terrestrial vegetation monitoring, Channel Islands National Park, 1984–1995 Report
- Terrestrial vegetation monitoring, Channel Islands National Park, 1996–2000 Report
- Vegetation Classification of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
- Vegetation monitoring in the Santa Monica Mountains and Simi Hills region: 2014–2020 annual report
- MEDN CABR Plant Species Database Snapshot (2012-2024)
- Channel Islands National Park: Vegetation classification and mapping project report
- Report Supplements and [not final] field data for the Vegetation Mapping Inventory Project of Channel Islands National Park
- Mapping distribution patterns of invasive alien species in the Santa Monica Mountains using airborne imaging spectroscopy and line-point transect data
- Vegetation Monitoring at Channel Islands National Park (CHIS) by the Mediterranean Coast Network (MEDN): 1984-2025 — Data Package
- Vegetation Monitoring at Santa Mounica Mountains National Recreation Area (SAMO) by the Mediterranean Coast Inventory and Monitoring Network (MEDN) 2014-2025 : Data Package
- Mediterranean Coast Inventory & Monitoring Network (MEDN): Vegetation Monitoring Data Package Scripts
- Vegetation Monitoring at Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (SAMO) by the Mediterranean Coast Inventory and Monitoring Network (MEDN) 2014-2025: Data Package
- Vegetation Monitoring at Channel Islands National Park (CHIS) by the Mediterranean Coast Inventory and Monitoring Network (MEDN) 1984-2026 : Data Package