SCPN Upland Vegetation and Soils Monitoring
Swan M . SCPN Upland Vegetation and Soils Monitoring. 2007. National Park Service
The Southern Colorado Plateau Network (SCPN) monitors vegetation condition and soil stability in upland ecosystems to track changes in ecosystem integrity. These ecosystems include forests, woodlands, grasslands, and shrublands. They function to conserve soil, sequester carbon, and cycle nutrients, energy, and water. Long-term vegetation monitoring reveals how plant communities change over time in response to climate, disturbance, and management. Changes in vegetation, in turn, affect habitat quality for resident and migrant animal species. Monitoring soil stability and related hydrologic function provides a direct measure of the threat posed by erosion to these ecosystems.
- Type
- Project
- Authors
- Swan, Megan
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- AZRU , BAND , CHCU , ELMA , GLCA , GRCA , MEVE , PEFO , PETR , WACA , WUPA
- Keywords
- Monitoring, SCPN, Upland, Vegetation
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Sparsely Vegetated Communities , 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
Program
Products
- Bandelier National Monument mesa-top pinyon-juniper 2019 data summary: Southern Colorado Plateau Network integrated upland monitoring
- Describing trends in past and future soil moisture in the clayey fan grassland ecosystem in Petrified Forest National Park
- Describing trends in past and future soil moisture in the desert sand shrubland ecosystem in the Bullfrog Region of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
- Describing trends in past and future soil moisture in the desert sand shrubland ecosystem in the Escalante Region of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
- Describing trends in past and future soil moisture in the limy upland shrubland ecosystem in Aztec Ruins National Monument
- Describing trends in past and future soil moisture in the loamy mesa-top pinyon-juniper woodland ecosystem in Mesa Verde National Park
- Describing trends in past and future soil moisture in the loamy upland shrubland ecosystem in Wupatki National Monument
- Describing trends in past and future soil moisture in the malpais grassland ecosystem in Petroglyph National Monument
- Describing trends in past and future soil moisture in the mesa-top pinyon-juniper woodland ecosystem in Bandelier National Monument
- Describing Trends in Past and Future Soil Moisture in the Pinyon-Juniper Woodland Ecosystem in Grand Canyon National Park
- Describing trends in past and future soil moisture in the sandy loam upland grassland ecosystem in Chaco Culture National Historical Park
- Describing trends in past and future soil moisture in the sandy loam upland grassland ecosystem in Petrified Forest National Park
- Describing trends in past and future soil moisture in the shallow loamy mesa-top pinyon-juniper woodland ecosystem in Mesa Verde National Park
- Describing trends in past and future soil moisture in the volcanic upland grassland ecosystem in Wupatki National Monument
- Glen Canyon National Recreation Area desert sand 2019 data summary: Southern Colorado Plateau Network integrated upland monitoring
- Grand Canyon National Park mixed conifer 2019 data summary: Southern Colorado Plateau Network integrated upland monitoring
- Integrated upland monitoring protocol for the Southern Colorado Plateau Network
- Integrated Upland Vegetation and Soils Monitoring for Aztec Ruins National Monument: 2008 Summary Report
- Integrated Upland Vegetation and Soils Monitoring for Bandelier National Monument 2008 Summary Report, revised January 2011
- Integrated upland vegetation and soils monitoring for Bandelier National Monument 2009 summary report
- Integrated upland vegetation and soils monitoring for Bandelier National Monument: 2010 summary report
- Integrated upland vegetation and soils monitoring for Bandelier National Monument: 2012 summary report
- Integrated Upland Vegetation and Soils Monitoring for Chaco Culture National Historical Park: 2007 Summary Report
- Integrated Upland Vegetation and Soils Monitoring for Chaco Culture National Historical Park: 2008 Summary Report
- Integrated upland vegetation and soils monitoring for Chaco Culture National Historical Park: 2009 summary report, revised
- Integrated upland vegetation and soils monitoring for Chaco Culture National Historical Park: 2010 summary report
- Integrated upland vegetation and soils monitoring for Chaco Culture National Historical Park: 2011 summary report
- Integrated upland vegetation and soils monitoring for Chaco Culture National Historical Park: 2012 and 2014 summary report
- Integrated Upland Vegetation and Soils Monitoring for Glen Canyon National Recreation Area: 2008 Summary Report
- Integrated upland vegetation and soils monitoring for Glen Canyon National Recreation Area: 2009 summary report (revised)
- Integrated upland vegetation and soils monitoring for Glen Canyon National Recreation Area: 2010 summary report
- Integrated upland vegetation and soils monitoring for Grand Canyon National Park: 2007 and 2008 summary report, revised January 2011
- Integrated upland vegetation and soils monitoring for Grand Canyon National Park: 2009 summary report
- Integrated upland vegetation and soils monitoring for Grand Canyon National Park: 2010 summary report
- Integrated upland vegetation and soils monitoring for Grand Canyon National Park: 2011 summary report
- Integrated upland vegetation and soils monitoring for Grand Canyon National Park: 2012 summary report
- Integrated Upland Vegetation and Soils Monitoring for Mesa Verde National Park: 2007 Summary Report
- Integrated Upland Vegetation and Soils Monitoring for Mesa Verde National Park: 2008 Summary Report
- Integrated upland vegetation and soils monitoring for Mesa Verde National Park: 2009 summary report
- Integrated upland vegetation and soils monitoring for Mesa Verde National Park: 2010 summary report
- Integrated upland vegetation and soils monitoring for Mesa Verde National Park: 2011 summary report
- Integrated upland vegetation and soils monitoring for Mesa Verde National Park: 2012
- Integrated Upland Vegetation and Soils Monitoring for Petrified Forest National Park: 2007 Summary Report
- Integrated Upland Vegetation and Soils Monitoring for Petrified Forest National Park: 2008 Summary Report
- Integrated upland vegetation and soils monitoring for Petrified Forest National Park: 2009 summary report
- Integrated upland vegetation and soils monitoring for Petrified Forest National Park: 2010 summary report
- Integrated upland vegetation and soils monitoring for Petrified Forest National Park: 2012–2014 summary report
- Integrated Upland Vegetation and Soils Monitoring for Petroglyph National Monument: 2008 Summary Report
- Integrated Upland Vegetation and Soils Monitoring for Wupatki National Monument: 2007 Summary Report
- Integrated Upland Vegetation and Soils Monitoring for Wupatki National Monument: 2008 Summary Report
- Integrated upland vegetation and soils monitoring for Wupatki National Monument: 2009 summary report
- Integrated upland vegetation and soils monitoring for Wupatki National Monument: 2010 summary report
- Integrated upland vegetation and soils monitoring for Wupatki National Monument: 2012–2014 summary report
- Mesa Verde National Park loamy mesa-top pinyon-juniper 2019 data summary: Southern Colorado Plateau Network integrated upland monitoring
- Petrified Forest grasslands, status and trends: Vegetation and soils monitoring 2007–2018
- Petrified Forest National Park sandy loam upland 2019 data summary: Southern Colorado Plateau Network integrated upland monitoring
- Site characterization and change over time in semi-arid grassland and shrublands at three parks—Chaco Culture National Historic Park, Petrified Forest National Park, and Wupatki National Monument: Upland vegetation and soils monitoring 2007–2021
- Springs vegetation monitoring for Yucca House National Monument: 2019 data report
- Status and trends in grassland vegetation at Chaco Culture National Historical Park: Upland vegetation and soils monitoring 2007–2018
- Vegetation trends in pinyon-juniper woodlands in Southern Colorado Plateau Network parks
- Walnut Canyon National Monument ponderosa pine woodland 2020 data summary: Southern Colorado Plateau Network integrated upland monitoring
- Wupatki National Monument loamy upland 2019 data summary: Southern Colorado Plateau Network integrated upland monitoring
- Wupatki National Monument volcanic upland 2020 data summary: Southern Colorado Plateau Network integrated upland monitoring