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Rangeland Health - Example of Multiple
Indicator Assessments - November 29 Class Presentation (PowerPoint) Notes - on measuring Range Condition Overview reference - On Rangeland Health Indicators Handbook - 'Interpreting Indicators of Rangeland Health' - Technical Reference 1734-6 5.8 Mb WebPage - Rangeland Health Assessments |
Utilization - November 6 Notes - on measuring utilization Extra reference - Obtaining and Interpreting Utilization Data |
Carrying Capacity Stocking Rate
- November 6 Notes - on setting stocking rate Extra reference - Stocking Rate Extra reference - Calculate Carrying Capacity by Matching Forage Supply and Animal Demand |
Diversity & Dominance - November
4 Notes - on estimating biodiveristy on rangelands Notes - on ways to quantify dominance |
Community Composition
- October 30 Notes - on ways to quantify composition |
Riparian Assessment
& Monitoring - October 21, 23 & October 30 Notes - Riparian Assessment Presentation Notes - Riparian Classification Presentations from PFC workshop (Media Site) Click to see presentation - use Internet Explorer as your browser if you are having problems ►1 - Introduction (Tim Burton) ►2 - Hydrology & Erosion (Dan Katanski) ►3 - Vegetation (Meribeth Lomkin) ►4 - Summary (Tim Burton) Handouts of Presentation Slides from PFC workshop ►1 - PFC Introduction ►2 - Hydrology - Lotic PFC ►3 - Vegetation - Lotic PFC ►4 - Erosion - Lotic PFC ►5 - PFC Summary Manual on Proper Functioning Condition (PFC) - Riparian Management for Lotic Areas (TR 1737-15 1998) and Lentic Areas (TR 1737-16 2003) Manual on Green Line Riparian Assessment (General Technical Report RMRS-GTR-47) by Alma H. Winward Visual Assessment of Riparian Health by T.A. Ward & E.R. Atwill (Publication 8089 University of California - Davis) |
Biomass - October 14 Notes - on biomass estimation Extra reference - Biomass section of Range and Pasture Handbook Extra reference - Estimating dry matter based on phenology (Range and Pasture Handbook) |
Plant Structure & Vertical Cover
- October 9 Notes - on measuring 3-D Structure Slides - that will be used in class (print if you like) |
Cover - Oct 7 Notes - on measuring horizontal cover |
Plant Density - Sept 30 & Oct 3 Notes on Density Extra reference - Web site and concepts related to estimating plant density |
Frequency - September 23 & 25 Notes - on measuring frequency Background info on using Chi-Square analysis |
Intro to Statistical Comparisons - Sept 18 (Lovina Roselle & Steve Garrity) Notes - Basic Statistical Stuff Stats Refresher Web Site - with background information. You should take a look at this web site. If you had a good statistics class and you remember all you were taught... you won't need this. If you need a little statistical refresher course... this is it! Extra reference - Background info on "Basic Principles of Sampling from "MEASURING & MONITORING Plant Populations." Pages 61-70 are particularly good. |
Sampling Units - September 16 (Dr. Lee Vierling) Presentation - Selecting and placing sampling units Notes - Selecting and placing sampling units |
Photo Monitoring - September 9 Presentation - Intro to Photo Monitoring - The Good, Bad, and Ugly Extra reference - *** Really great and comprehensive reference!! Hall, Frederick C. 2001. Ground-based photographic monitoring. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-503. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. Extra reference - Photo monitoring for better land use planning and assessment Extra reference - Monitoring with a camera Extra reference - Using repeat color photography for rangeland monitoring Extra reference - Photo Point Monitoring |
Intro to Rangeland Inventory - August 26 & 28 Basic Sampling Concepts Notes Required Reading - 23 to 39 in Sampling Vegetation Attributes Extra reference - "Why monitor?" Extra reference - "Where to monitor?" Introduction to Measurements (Module 2 of Vegetation Measurements) |
Basic Field Skills - September 2 Notes - Field notes & Site Descriptions Extra reference - Handy conversions for field work |
Photo Monitoring - September 2 Presentation - Intro to Photo Monitoring - The Good, Bad, and Ugly Extra reference - *** Really great and comprehensive reference!! Hall, Frederick C. 2001. Ground-based photographic monitoring. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-503. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. Extra reference - Photo monitoring for better land use planning and assessment Extra reference - Monitoring with a camera Extra reference - Using repeat color photography for rangeland monitoring Extra reference - Photo Point Monitoring |