Title:

Central Nevada meadow characterization

Author(s):

Trowbridge, Wendy; Chambers, Jeanne

Publication Year:

2010

How to Cite:

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Trowbridge, Wendy; Chambers, Jeanne. 2010. Central Nevada meadow characterization. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2010-0021

Abstract:

This data publication contains a geodatabase as well as tabular digital data for Central Nevada meadows that were based on data collected in the summer of 2005 and 2006. The geodatabase includes plant community arrangements, streams, springs, and watersheds within each meadow. It also provides a large array of information about each meadow through the attribute table, as well as active links within the geodatabase that open up each meadows respective photographs and aerial photograph (when available). The tabular digital data contain plant community information characterized from randomly located 0.25 meter plots (between 15 and 20 per community depending on size). At each plot: aerial cover, basal cover, and species cover were estimated for all the species using cover classes. Individual species types were also recorded. Three cross sections, chosen to represent the range of channel shapes, were surveyed in each meadow reach and in the reaches above and below the meadow. In the field a Topcon GTS-211D total station was used to also survey a long profile which provided detailed information about the streams slope, shape, length, depth, bank condition, and more.

Keywords:

biota; environment; geoscientificInformation; inlandWaters; Ecology, Ecosystems, & Environment; Geography; Hydrology, watersheds, sedimentation; Plant ecology; riparian communities; riparian areas; riparian zone; riparian ecology; vegetation; vegetation communities; meadows; grasses; ground cover; basal cover; vegetation; species cover; sedge; creeks; streams; erosion; geomorphological processes; stream incision; stream cross section; Nevada; Great Basin; Roberts; Hot Creek; Lander County; Humboldt County; Toiyabe National Forest; Shoshone Range; Toiyabe Range; Toquima Range; Monitor Range; Hot Springs Range

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