Full Study Plan for Vertebrate and Vascular Plant Inventory of the Chihuahuan Desert Network
National Park Service. 2001. Full Study Plan for Vertebrate and Vascular Plant Inventory of the Chihuahuan Desert Network. National Park Service
The need for complete and credible biological information has long been recognized (Sellars 1997). In response to this need the National Park Service initiated an Inventory and Monitoring Program in the early 1990s to conduct baseline inventories, scientific research and study long-term changes in the biological resources found in the parks (National Park Service 1992). This program largely emphasized work in ‘prototype’ parks that served as models for other parks in the system. In 1998, Congress appropriated service wide funding for a “program of inventory and monitoring of National Park System resources to establish baseline information and to provide information on the long-term trends in the conditions of National Park System resources” (National Park Service 1999a). As the first step in this program, 32 networks of parks nationwide have been asked to develop detailed study plans for biological inventory. This document outlines the proposed plan for biological inventory of vertebrates and vascular plants in the Chihuahuan Desert Network (CHDN). (from report Introduction)
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- National Park Service
- Date of Issue
- 2001-09
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- AMIS , BIBE , CAVE , FODA , GUMO , RIGR , WHSA
- Keywords
- Animal Studies, Biological Resources, Inventory, Plant Studies, study plan, Vascular Plants, Vertebrates