The Colorado Plateau IV
368 pages, 7 x 10
Hardcover
Release Date:15 Aug 2010
ISBN:9780816529148
The Colorado Plateau IV
Shaping Conservation Through Science and Management
The University of Arizona Press
Roughly centered on the Four Corners region of the southwestern United States, the Colorado Plateau covers some 130,000 square miles of sparsely vegetated plateaus, mesas, canyons, arches, and cliffs in Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico. With elevations ranging from 3,000 to 14,000 feet, the natural systems found within the plateau are dramatically varied, from desert to alpine conditions.
This book focuses on the integration of science and resource management issues in this unique and highly varied environment. Broken into three subsections, this volume addresses conservation biology, biophysical resources, and inventory and monitoring concerns. The chapters range in content, addressing conservation issues—past, present, and future—on the Colorado Plateau, measurement of human impacts on resources, grazing and wildland-urban interfaces, and tools and methods for monitoring habitats and species.
An informative read for people interested in the conservation and natural history of the region, the book will also serve as a valuable reference for those people engaged in the management of cultural and biological resources of the Colorado Plateau, as well as scientists interested in methods and tools for land and resource management throughout the West.
This book focuses on the integration of science and resource management issues in this unique and highly varied environment. Broken into three subsections, this volume addresses conservation biology, biophysical resources, and inventory and monitoring concerns. The chapters range in content, addressing conservation issues—past, present, and future—on the Colorado Plateau, measurement of human impacts on resources, grazing and wildland-urban interfaces, and tools and methods for monitoring habitats and species.
An informative read for people interested in the conservation and natural history of the region, the book will also serve as a valuable reference for those people engaged in the management of cultural and biological resources of the Colorado Plateau, as well as scientists interested in methods and tools for land and resource management throughout the West.
Charles van Riper III is currently a professor in the School of Natural and Renewable Resources and the Environment at the University of Arizona. He is also a station leader for the SBSC Sonoran Desert Research Station at the University of Arizona.Brian F. Wakeling is the Big Game Program supervisor for the Arizona Department of Game and Fish. Thomas D. Sisk is an ecologist and the Director of Graduate Programs at the Center for Sustainable Environments at Northern Arizona University.
Dedication
In Memoriam
Introduction and Acknowledgments
Conservation Visions and Frameworks
1. The Legacy and Future Visions of Conservation Biology on the Colorado Plateau
Allison L. Jones, Ethan Aumack, Jan Balsom, Paul Beier, Jayne Belnap, James Catlin, Thomas L. Fleischner, Ed Grumbine, David J. Mattson, and Charles van Riper III
2. Downscaling Climate Projections in Topographically Diverse Landscapes of the Colorado Plateau in the Arid Southwestern United States
Gregg M. Garfin, Jon K. Eischeid, Melanie T. Lenart, Kenneth L. Cole, Kirsten Ironside, and Neil Cobb
3. Integrating Restoration and Conservation Objectives at the Landscape Scale: The Kane and Two Mile Ranch Project
Thomas D. Sisk, Christine Albano, Ethan Aumack, Eli J. Bernstein, Timothy E. Crews, Brett G. Dickson, Steve Fluck, Melissa McMaster, Andi S. Rogers, Steven S. Rosenstock, David Schlosberg, Ron Sieg, and Andrea Thode
Assessing Monitoring Frameworks and Systems
4. Mapping Ecological Sites for Long-term Monitoring in National Parks
Steven L.Garman, Dana Witwicki, and Aneth Wight
5. Quantifying Sample Bias in Long-term Monitoring Programs: A Case Study at Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico
Chris L. Lauver, Jodi Norris, Lisa Thomas, and Jim DeCoster
6. Wisardnet Field-to-Desktop: Building a Wireless Cyberinfrastructure for Environmental Monitoring
Kenji Yamamoto, Yuxin He, Paul Heinrich, Alex Orange, Bill Ruggeri, Holland Wilberger, and Paul Flikkema
7. Finding Gaps in the Protected Area Network in the Colorado Plateau: A Case Study Using Vascular Plant Taxa in Utah
Walter Fertig
8. Fire and Fire Surrogate Treatment Impacts on Soil Moisture Condition in Southwest Ponderosa Pine Forests
Boris Poff, Daniel G. Neary, and Aregai Tecle
Wildlife Surveys As A Conservation Framework
9. Milksnakes at Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona: Adaptive Monitoring of Rare Vertebrates
Erika M. Nowak and Trevor B. Persons
10. Mormon Cricket Control in Utah’s West Desert: Evaluation of Impacts of the Pesticide Diflubenzuron on Non-target Arthropod Communities
Tim B. Graham, Anne M. D. Brasher, and Rebecca N. Close
11. Yellow-billed Cuckoo Distribution and Habitat Associations in Arizona 1998 - 1999: Future Monitoring and Research Implications
Matthew J. Johnson, Robert T. Magill, and Charles van Riper III
12. A Historical Assessment of Changes in Avian Community Composition from Montezuma Castle National Monument, with Observations from the Camp Verde Region of Arizona
Charles van Riper III, Mark K. Sogge, and Matthew J. Johnson
Large Mammal Conservation and Management
13. Mule Deer Antler Growth and Hunting Management on the North Kaibab, Arizona
Brian F. Wakeling
14. Female Elk Habitat Use after the Rodeo-Chediski Fire in Northeast Arizona
Kirby Bristow and Stan Cunningham
15. Scent-station Surveys: Indexing Relative Abundance of Mesopredators in Arizona
Ted McKinney and Thorry W. Smith
16. Mountain Lion Depredation Harvests in Arizona, 1976 - 2005
Ted McKinney, Brian F. Wakeling, and Johnathan C. O’Dell
Synthesis
17. Shaping Conservation through the Integration of Research with Resources Management on The Colorado Plateau: A Synthesis
Charles van Riper III, Brian F. Wakeling, and Thomas D. Sisk
List of Contributors
Index
Related Titles
The Colorado Plateau VI
Science and Management at the Landscape Scale
Edited by Laura Foster Huenneke, Charles van Riper, and Kelley Ann Hays-Gilpin
