North American Science Symposium: Toward a unified framework for inventorying and monitoring forest ecosystem resources
Authors: | Celedonio Aguirre-Bravo, Carlos Rodriguez Franco |
Year: | 1999 |
Type: | Proceedings |
Station: | Rocky Mountain Research Station |
Source: | Proceedings RMRS-P-12. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, CO USA. 533 p. |
Abstract
The general objective of this Symposium was to build on the best science and technology available to assure that the data and information produced in future inventory and monitoring programs are comparable, quality assured, available, and adequate for their intended purposes, thereby providing a reliable framework for characterization, assessment, and management of forest ecosystems in North America. Central to the syntheses delivered in this Symposium was the conclusion that a fundamental improvement in the approaches used for inventorying and monitoring ecosystem resources is required to meet current and future environmental uncertainties. Specific actions were proposed to address these challenges. These strategic actions are described in the last chapter of these proceedings.Individual papers from this publication
Titles contained within North American Science Symposium: Toward a unified framework for inventorying and monitoring forest ecosystem resources
- Rapid assessment of endemic bird areas in Michoacan, Mexico
- A comparative analysis of hydrologic responses of tropical deciduous and temperate deciduous watershed ecosystems to climatic change
- Integration of strategic inventory and monitoring programs for the forest lands, wood lands, range lands and agricultural lands of the United States
- Field methods and data processing techniques associated with mapped inventory plots
- An effective and efficient assessment process