Monitoring and Reviewing -- Articles and Books

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  • Adaptive monitoring design for ecosystem management.
    P. Ringold, et al.
    Ecological Applications (1996) 6(3): 745-747

  • Application of the line interception method in sampling range vegetation.
    R. Canfield.
    Journal of Forestry (1941) 39: 388-394

  • Biological monitoring and environmental assessment: a conceptual framework.
    J.R. Karr.
    Environmental Management (1987) 11: 249-256.

  • Calculating Available Forage.
    Mindy Pratt and G. Allen Rasmussen.
    USU Extension Range Management Fact Sheet NR/RM/03. 2001

  • A canopy coverage method of vegetational analysis.
    Richard Daubenmire.
    Northwest Science (1959) 33: 43-66.

  • A comparison of the spherical densitometer and ocular methods of estimating canopy cover.
    R.S. Vora.
    Great Basin Naturalist (1988) 48(2): 224-227.

  • Design elements of monitoring programs: the necessary ingredients for success.
    G. Davis.
    Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (1993) 26: 99-105

  • Disturbance, equilibrium, and environmental variability: what is ‘natural’ vegetation in a changing environment?
    Douglas G. Sprugel.
    Biological Conservation 58 (1991) 1-18.
    (Note: nothing on methods or techniques here but good food for thought.)

  • Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program Guide.
    K.W. Thornton, et al.
    EPA/620/R-93/012

  • Forest Health Monitoring: 1997 Field Methods Guide.
    USFS
    Research Triangle Park, NJ: National Forest Health Monitoring Program, 1997.

  • Forest health monitoring: national program to detect, evaluate, and understand change.
    W.G. Burkman and G.D. Hertel.
    Journal of Forestry (1992) 90: 27.

  • Forest Measurements.
    T.E. Avery and H.E. Burkhart.
    NY: McGraw-Hill, 1995

  • Guide to Effective Monitoring of Aquatic and Riparian Resources.
    Jeffrey L. Kershner, et al.
    USFS Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-121.
    Fort Collins, CO: Rocky Mountain Research Station, 2004.

  • How to Conduct Research on Your Farm or Ranch.
    Dan Anderson, et al.
    Sustainable Agriculture Network, 1999.

  • Indicators for monitoring diversity – a hierarchial approach.
    R. Noss.
    Conservation Biology (1990) 4: 355-464

  • Inventory and Monitoring of Wildlife Habitat.
    A.V. Cooperrider, et al.
    Denver: USDI-BLM Service Center, 1986.

  • Long-term strategy for the statistical design of a forest health monitoring system.
    H.T. Schreuder and R.L. Czaplewski.
    Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (1992) 27: 81-94

  • Mapping of species richness as a tool for the conservation of biological diversity: conceptual and methodological issues.
    M.J. Conroy and B.R. Noon.
    Ecological Applications (1996) 6: 763-773.

  • Measuring and Monitoring Plant Populations.
    Caryl L. Elzinga, et al.
    BLM Tech. Reference 1730-1. BLM/RS/ST-98/005+1730. 1998.

  • Measurements for Terrestrial Vegetation.
    C.D. Bonham.
    NY: Wiley, 1989.

  • Modified step-point system for botanical composition and basal cover estimates.
    C.E. Owensby.
    Journal of Range Management (1973) 26(4): 302-303.

  • Monitoring and Interpreting Ecological Integrity on Arid and Semi-Arid Lands of the Western United States.
    N.E. West, K. McDaniel, E.L. Smith, and S. Leonard.
    Las Cruces, NM: Range Improvement Task Force, 1994.

  • Monitoring Environmental Change With Color Slides.
    A.W. Magill.
    USFS Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-117. Berkeley, CA: Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, 1989.

  • Monitoring for Conservation and Ecology.
    F.B. Goldsmith, ed.
    NY: Chapman and Hall, 1991.

  • Monitoring Guidelines to Evaluate Effects of Forestry Activities on Streams in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska.
    Lee MacDonald, et al.
    EPA/910/9-91-001. Seattle: EPA, 1991.

  • Monitoring Manual for Grassland, Shrubland, and Savannah Ecosystems.
    USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range
    Tucson: Univ. of Ariz. Press, 2005.

  • Monitoring Plant and Animal Populations.
    Caryl L. Elzinga, Daniel W. Saltzer, John W. Willoughby, and James P. Gibbs.
    Boston: Blackwell Publishing, 2001.

  • Monitoring Primer for Rangeland Watersheds.
    Thomas E. Bedell and John C. Buckhouse.
    EPA 908-R-94-001, 1994.

  • Monitoring Range Trend with Species Frequency: Guide to Measurement, Analysis, and Interpretation.
    Paul F. McCawley and E. Lamar Smith.
    USU Extension EC 423, 1986.

  • Monitoring Rangelands: Interpreting What You See.
    G. Allen Rasmussen, et al.
    NR 503
    Logan, UT: USU Extension, 2001.

  • Monitoring the Vegetation Resources in Riparian Areas.
    Alma H. Winward.
    Washington, D.C.: Bureau of Land Management, 2000.

  • Nevada Rangeland Monitoring Handbook.
    Nevada Range Studies Task Group.
    Reno: Univ. of Nevada, 1984.

  • Proceedings of the International Confernce on Renewable Resource Inventories for Monitoring Changes and Trends (August, 1983).
    J.F. Bell and T. Aterbury, eds.
    Corvallis: OSU, 1983.

  • Quantifying the vegetational structure of wildlife cover.
    Thomas D. Nudds.
    Wildlife Society Bulletin (1977) 5: 113-117.

  • Rangeland Health: New Methods to Classify, Inventory, and Monitor Rangelands.
    National Research Council.
    Washington DC: Academy Press, 1994.

  • Rangeland Monitoring Manual: A Field Reference for Managers.
    Doug Reynolds, ed.
    Univ. of Wyoming Cooperative Extension Service B-1065, 1998.
    Supplement: Planning Monitoring and Recording Location Data: A Guide for Ranchers.

  • Sampling Vegetation Attributes.
    Interagency Technical Reference BLM/RS/ST-96/004+1730. 1999.

  • Sampling Vegetation Attributes: Interagency Technical Reference.
    Bureau of Land Management.
    Bill Coulloudon, et al.
    Interagency Technical Reference BLM/RS/ST-96/002+1730. 1999.

  • Some Methods for Monitoring Rangelands and other Natural Area Vegetation.
    G.B. Ruyle.
    University of Arizona Cooperative Extension Report 9043.

  • Utilization Studies and Residual Measurements.
    Bill Coulloudon, et al.
    Cooperative Extension Service, U.S. Forest Service, NRCS Grazing Land Technology Institute, Bureau of Land Management.
    Denver: BLM National Applied Resource Sciences Center, 1999.

  • A User Guide to Assessing Proper Functioning Condition and the Supporting Science for Lentic Areas.
    Don Prichard, et al.
    BLM Technical Reference TR 1737-16 1999

  • A User Guide to Assessing Proper Functioning Condition and the Supporting Science for Lotic Areas.
    Don Prichard, et al.
    BLM Technical Reference TR 1737-15 1998

  • Using Repeat Color Photography as a Tool to Monitor Rangelands.
    Larry D. Howery and Peter C. Sundt.
    University of Arizona Extension AZ1024. 1998.

  • Utilization Studies and Residual Measurements.
    Bureau of Land Management.

  • Vegetation Monitoring: An Annotated Bibliography.
    C. Elzinga and A. Evenden.
    Intermountain Research Station Gen. Tech. Report INT-GRT-352
    Ogden, UT: USFS, 1997.

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  • Wyoming Rangeland Monitoring Guide: A Cooperative and Voluntary Approach to Monitoring Rangelands.
    Wyoming Range Service Team.
    BLM, USFS, NRCS, Univ. of Wyo. Dept. of Renewable Resources, UWyo. Ext. Service, Wyo. Dept. of Ag., Wyo. Sect. SRM. 2001.