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- Type: Article
- Locations: Aztec Ruins National Monument,Bandelier National Monument,Chaco Culture National Historical Park,Glen Canyon National Recreation Area,Grand Canyon National Park, more »
Vegetation and soils are the foundation upon which all terrestrial ecosystems are built. Soils provide the medium for the storage and delivery of water and nutrients to plants, which in turn provide animal populations with both habitat and food.
- Capulin Volcano National Monument
Pinyon-Juniper Habitat at Capulin Volcano National Monument
- Type: Article
- Locations: Capulin Volcano National Monument
Pinyon-juniper is one of the major habitat types found within Capulin Volcano National Monument and comprises approximately 59% of the monument’s total area.
- Type: Article
- Locations: Grand Canyon National Park
- Offices: Inventory and Monitoring Division
The discovery of datasheets from vegetation study plots established in 1935 in Grand Canyon National Park provided a unique opportunity to look at 76 years of change in pinyon-juniper woodlands on the South Rim and make inferences about their relation to climate, fire regimes, and resource management.
- Type: Article
- Locations: Big Bend National Park,Carlsbad Caverns National Park,Casa Grande Ruins National Monument,Chiricahua National Monument,Coronado National Memorial, more »
Vegetation and soils are two of many natural resources monitored by the National Park Service (NPS) Division of Inventory & Monitoring (I&M). Learning about vegetation dynamics helps us to better understand the integrity of ecological processes, productivity trends, and ecosystem interactions that can otherwise be difficult to monitor. In NPS units of the American Southwest, three I&M networks monitor vegetation and soils using the scientific protocol described here.
Last updated: February 4, 2015