ROMN Uplands Vegetation Composition, Structure, and Soils Monitoring in FLFO, GRKO, and LIBI: 2009-2024 - Data Package

Description

This data package contains the data collected for the Rocky Mountain Network’s (ROMN) Vegetation Composition Structure and Soils (VCSS) protocol. These data were collected in the field at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument (FLFO), Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site (GRKO), and Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument (LIBI) in Colorado and Montana beginning in 2009 and continuing to the present. Vegetation composition, structure, and soils are important habitat elements in all Rocky Mountain Network parks. Vegetation structure and composition are fundamental determinants of wildlife habitat characteristics and quality, visitor experiences, cultural/historic landscape quality (in the cases of LIBI and GRKO), and basic ecosystem functioning (e.g., via primary production; cycling of carbon, nitrogen, and other nutrients; and micro-climate controls). The files in this package include information regarding the trees, seedlings, other plant species, soil stability, and disturbance at the upland sampling locations in each park.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
8 Dates and locations of sampling events, as well as details about sampling locations https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/747805?Reference=2311369
8 Natural disturbance metrics https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/747801?Reference=2311369
8 Phenology data from GRKO and LIBI cover plots (2015-2024) https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/747803?Reference=2311369
8 Human disturbance metrics https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/747799?Reference=2311369
8 Soil chemistry sampling data https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/747806?Reference=2311369
55 EML Metadata https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/747808?Reference=2311369
8 Landscape disturbance metrics https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/747800?Reference=2311369
8 Plant species recorded in cover plots https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/747798?Reference=2311369
8 Soil stability data along point intercept transects https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/747807?Reference=2311369
8 Litter depth measurements from point intercept transect (2021-2024) https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/747802?Reference=2311369
8 Plant species, surface cover, and disturbance data from point intercept transects https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/747804?Reference=2311369
8 Saplings and trees diameter at breast height and canopy description https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/747810?Reference=2311369
8 Woody seedlings species and counts https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/747809?Reference=2311369

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  • ecological-framework-biological-integrity-invasive-species-invasive-exotic-plants
  • grko
  • romn
  • ecological-framework-biological-integrity-focal-species-or-communities-grassland-herbaceous-com
  • litter
  • flfo
  • ecological-framework-biological-integrity-focal-species-or-communities-shrubland-communities
  • ecological-framework-biological-integrity-focal-species-or-communities-terrestrial-complex
  • plants
  • ecological-framework-biological-integrity-focal-species-or-communities-forest-woodland-communit
  • trees
  • rocky-mountain-inventory-and-monitoring-network
  • transects
  • vegetation
  • libi
  • phenology
  • ecological-framework-biological-integrity-focal-species-or-communities-vegetation-complex
  • soil
  • ecological-framework-geology-and-soils-soil-quality-soil-function-and-dynamics

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