The Colorado Plateau IV: Shaping Conservation Through Science and Management

by Van Riper, Charles, III; Wakeling, Brian F.; Sisk, Thomas D.

• ISBN13: 9780816529148
• ISBN10: 0816529140
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-08-01
• Publisher: Univ of Arizona Pr

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Dedication	p. ix
In Memoriam	p. xiii
Introduction and Acknowledgments	p. xv
Conservation Visions and Frameworks
The Legacy and Future Visions of Conservation Biology on the Colorado Plateau	p. 1
Downscaling Climate Projections in Topographically Diverse Landscapes of the Colorado Plateau in the Arid Southwestern United States	p. 21
Integrating Restoration and Conservation Objectives at the Landscape Scale: The Kane and Two Mile Ranch Project	p. 45
Assessing Monitoring Frameworks and Systems
Mapping Ecological Sites for Long-term Monitoring in National Parks	p. 69
Quantifying Sample Bias in Long-term Monitoring Programs: A Case Study at Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico	p. 89
Wisardnet Field-to-Desktop: Building a Wireless Cyberinfrastructure for Environmental Monitoring	p. 101
Finding Gaps in the Protected Area Network in the Colorado Plateau: A Case Study Using Vascular Plant Taxa in Utah	p. 109
Fire and Fire Surrogate Treatment Impacts on Soil Moisture Condition in Southwest Ponderosa Pine Forests	p. 121
Wildlife Surveys as a Conservation Framework
Milksnakes at Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona: Adaptive Monitoring of Rare Vertebrates	p. 133
Mormon Cricket Control in Utah's West Desert: Evaluation of Impacts of the Pesticide Diflubenzuron on Non-target Arthropod Communities	p. 151
Yellow-billed Cuckoo Distribution and Habitat Associations in Arizona 1998 - 1999: Future Monitoring and Research Implications	p. 197
A Historical Assessment of Changes in Avian Community Composition from Montezuma Castle National Monument, with Observations from the Camp Verde Region of Arizona	p. 213
Large Mammal Conservation and Management
Mule Deer Antler Growth and Hunting Management on the North Kaibab, Arizona	p. 271
Female Elk Habitat Use after the Rodeo-Chediski Fire in Northeast Arizona	p. 277
Scent-station Surveys: Indexing Relative Abundance of Mesopredators in Arizona	p. 293
Mountain Lion Depredation Harvests in Arizona, 1976-2005	p. 303
Synthesis
Shaping Conservation through the Integration of Research with Resources Management on the Colorado Plateau: A Synthesis	p. 315
List of Contributors	p. 323
Index	p. 329
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