Natural Resource Inventory and Long-Term Ecological Monitoring Plan: Great Plains Prairie Cluster
Boyle T, Grant VM, Harrington JA, Thomas LP, Willson GD. 1994. Natural Resource Inventory and Long-Term Ecological Monitoring Plan: Great Plains Prairie Cluster
The proposed protocols relate to three high priority issues: 1) external threats, 2) ecosystem restoration and management, and 3) biological diversity. Altered water quality is the most immediate, external threat facing the cluster parks and will be an early focus of monitoring. Urban encroachment, and concomitant habitat fragmentation are another emphasis of the monitoring program, and will be monitored at the landscape, community and population levels. Monitoring restoration and management will answer the practical question of whether specific management methods are working, and will also allow the National Park Service to contribute to the developing fields of restoration ecology and conservation biology.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Boyle, Terence; Grant, Victoria; Harrington, John; Thomas, Lisa; Willson, Gary
- Date of Issue
- 1994-08
- Units
- AGFO , EFMO , HOME , PIPE , SCBL , WICR
- Keywords
- Animal Studies, Baseline Inventory, Great Plains, Inventory & Monitoring, Long-term Ecological Monitoring (LTEM), Missouri, Natural Resource Management, Nebraska, Plant Studies, Prairie