Colorado Plateau III

by Riper, Charles Van, III; Sogge, Mark K.

• ISBN13: 9780816527380
• ISBN10: 0816527385
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-04-01
• Publisher: Univ of Arizona Pr

Summary

Roughly centered on the Four Corners region of the southwestern United States, the Colorado Plateau covers an area of 130,000 square miles. The relatively high semi-arid province boasts nine national parks, sixteen national monuments, many state parks, and dozens of wilderness areas. With the highest concentration of parklands in North America and unique geological and ecological features, the area is of particular interest to researchers. Derived from the Eighth Biennial Conference of Research on the Colorado Plateau, this third volume in a series of research on the Colorado Plateau expands upon the previous two books. This volume focuses on the integration of science into resource management issues, summarizes what criteria make a successful collaborative effort, outlines land management concerns about drought, provides summaries of current biological, sociological, and archaeological research, and highlights current environmental issues in the Four Corner States of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah. With broad coverage that touches on topics as diverse as historical aspects of pronghorn antelope movement patterns through calculating watershed prescriptions to the role of wind-blown sand in preserving archaeological sites on the Colorado River, this volume stands as a compendium of cuttingedge management-oriented research on the Colorado Plateau. The book also introduces, for the first time, tools that can be used to assist with collaboration efforts among landowners and managers who wish to work together toward preserving resources on the Colorado Plateau and offers a wealth of insights into land management questions for many readers, especially people interested in the natural history, biology, anthropology, wildlife, and cultural management issues of the region.

Table of Contents

Collaborating to Achieve Conservation
Creating Successful Collaborations in the West: Lessons from the Field	p. 1
The Frame Project - A Collaborative Modeling Approach to Natural Resource Management at Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado	p. 23
Assessing Large-Scale Land-Use Issues
Conservation Status of the Colorado Plateau Using Southwest Regional Gap Analysis Stewardship Data	p. 43
A Gap Analysis of Ecological Systems of the Colorado Plateau Ecoregion Using Southwest Regional Gap Analysis Land Cover	p. 55
A Gap Analysis of Terrestrial Vertebrate Species of the Colorado Plateau: Assessment from the Southwest Regional Gap Analysis Project	p. 77
Addressing Wildlife Issues
A Historical Assessment of Pronghorn Management on Anderson Mesa: Miscalculations and Remedies	p. 109
Effects of Fenced Transportation Corridors on Pronghorn Movements at Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona	p. 141
Relationship Between Measured Habitat Quality and First and Second Year Survival for Transplanted Bighorn Sheep in Arizona	p. 167
Monitoring the Riparian Breeding Bird Community Along the Colorado River in the Greater Grand Canyon Region: Statistical Power and Implications for Long-Term Monitoring	p. 171
Avian Community Responses to Forest Thinning and Prescribed Surface Fire, Alone and in Combination	p. 185
Overview of Herpetofauna Inventories in Southern Colorado Plateau National Parks	p. 197
Persistence of Apache Trout Following Wildfires in the White Mountains of Arizona	p. 219
Cave-Dwelling Invertebrates of Grand Canyon National Park	p. 235
Addressing Vegetation Issues
Vegetation of Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona	p. 247
Understory Vegetation Responses to Multi-Aged Group Selection Harvesting and Prescribed Fire in Northern Arizona	p. 259
Five Years of Vegetation Change Following High-Severity Fire and Fire-Fighting Activities in Grand Canyon National Park	p. 271
Natural Variation in Diversity and Invasion Patterns of the Grand Staircase - Escalante National Monument, Utah	p. 287
Restoring Roads in an Arizona Ponderosa Pine Forest: Evaluating the Efficacy of Fungal Innoculum and Mulch Amendments	p. 307
Gaining Insights From the Past
Modeling Future Plant Distributions on the Colorado Plateau: An Example Using Pinus edulis	p. 319
The Role of Aeolian Sediment in the Preservation of Archaeological Sites Along the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon	p. 331
Synthesis
Integrating Research into Biological and Cultural Resources Management on the Colorado Plateau - A Synthesis	p. 351
List of Contributors	p. 375
Index	p. 381
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