Willow cover as a stream-recovery indicator under a conservation grazing plan

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 18, Issue , 2012, Pages 512-519

  Booth, D Terrance ^a   Cox, Samuel E ^a,c   Simonds, Gregg ^b   Sant, Eric D ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Open Range Consulting   (United States)

^c USDI Bureau of Land Management   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial imagery; Ecological indicators; Effectiveness monitoring; Objective measurements; Riparian management; Watershed scale sampling

Indexed keywords

AERIAL IMAGERY; AERIAL SURVEYS; BARRICK GOLDS; BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENTS; CHANGE DETECTION; CONSERVATION BENEFITS; CONSERVATION PRACTICES; ECOLOGICAL BENEFITS; ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS; FALSE NEGATIVES; FIELD OF VIEWS; LANDSAT; LIVESTOCK GRAZING; LOW-ALTITUDE; OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS; OBJECTIVE MEASUREMENT; PRACTICAL MEASURES; RESOLUTION IMAGES; RICHARDSON; RIPARIAN AREAS; RIPARIAN MANAGEMENT; RIPARIAN PLANTS; SALIX SPP; SAMPLE DENSITY; SUBJECTIVE SELECTION; SYSTEMATIC SAMPLING; TYPE II ERROR; EFFECTIVENESS MONITORING; WATERSHED-SCALE SAMPLINGS;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; AGRICULTURE; ECOLOGY; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; SURVEYS; WATERSHEDS;

LANDFORMS; WATERSHEDS;

BIOINDICATOR; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; LAND MANAGEMENT; LIVESTOCK FARMING; RANGELAND; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIPARIAN ZONE; SALMONID; SAMPLING; WATERSHED; AERIAL SURVEY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; FOREST COVER; GRAZING; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; WOOD;

ELKO COUNTY; NEVADA; UNITED STATES; OHIO; ROCK CREEK;

ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKII; ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKII HENSHAWI; SALIX; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 84856244390     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.12.017     Document Type: Article

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