Rangeland Health - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Rangeland Health write by National Research Council. This book was released on 1994-02-01. Rangeland Health available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Rangelands comprise between 40 and 50 percent of all U.S. land and serve the nation both as productive areas for wildlife, recreational use, and livestock grazing and as watersheds. The health and management of rangelands have been matters for scientific inquiry and public debate since the 1880s, when reports of widespread range degradation and livestock losses led to the first attempts to inventory and classify rangelands. Scientists are now questioning the utility of current methods of rangeland classification and inventory, as well as the data available to determine whether rangelands are being degraded. These experts, who are using the same methods and data, have come to different conclusions. This book examines the scientific basis of methods used by federal agencies to inventory, classify, and monitor rangelands; it assesses the success of these methods; and it recommends improvements. The book's findings and recommendations are of interest to the public; scientists; ranchers; and local, state, and federal policymakers.
Forest and Rangeland Soils of the United States Under Changing Conditions
Forest and Rangeland Soils of the United States Under Changing Conditions - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Forest and Rangeland Soils of the United States Under Changing Conditions write by Richard V. Pouyat. This book was released on 2020-09-02. Forest and Rangeland Soils of the United States Under Changing Conditions available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This open access book synthesizes leading-edge science and management information about forest and rangeland soils of the United States. It offers ways to better understand changing conditions and their impacts on soils, and explores directions that positively affect the future of forest and rangeland soil health. This book outlines soil processes and identifies the research needed to manage forest and rangeland soils in the United States. Chapters give an overview of the state of forest and rangeland soils research in the Nation, including multi-decadal programs (chapter 1), then summarizes various human-caused and natural impacts and their effects on soil carbon, hydrology, biogeochemistry, and biological diversity (chapters 2–5). Other chapters look at the effects of changing conditions on forest soils in wetland and urban settings (chapters 6–7). Impacts include: climate change, severe wildfires, invasive species, pests and diseases, pollution, and land use change. Chapter 8 considers approaches to maintaining or regaining forest and rangeland soil health in the face of these varied impacts. Mapping, monitoring, and data sharing are discussed in chapter 9 as ways to leverage scientific and human resources to address soil health at scales from the landscape to the individual parcel (monitoring networks, data sharing Web sites, and educational soils-centered programs are tabulated in appendix B). Chapter 10 highlights opportunities for deepening our understanding of soils and for sustaining long-term ecosystem health and appendix C summarizes research needs. Nine regional summaries (appendix A) offer a more detailed look at forest and rangeland soils in the United States and its Affiliates.
Grasslands and Climate Change
Grasslands and Climate Change - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Grasslands and Climate Change write by David J. Gibson. This book was released on 2019-03-21. Grasslands and Climate Change available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A comprehensive assessment of the effects of climate change on global grasslands and the mitigating role that ecologists can play.
Rangeland Health Standards and Guidelines [CA, NV]
Rangeland Health Standards and Guidelines [CA, NV] - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Rangeland Health Standards and Guidelines [CA, NV] write by . This book was released on 1998. Rangeland Health Standards and Guidelines [CA, NV] available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Wasatch-Cache National Forest (N.F.), Rangeland Health, Forest Plan Amendment [UT,WY]
Wasatch-Cache National Forest (N.F.), Rangeland Health, Forest Plan Amendment [UT,WY] - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Wasatch-Cache National Forest (N.F.), Rangeland Health, Forest Plan Amendment [UT,WY] write by . This book was released on 1995. Wasatch-Cache National Forest (N.F.), Rangeland Health, Forest Plan Amendment [UT,WY] available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
