5.4 Additional Learning Resources
For further reading and learning materials on vegetation monitoring topics, explore the following material:
Reading Resources
The following reading materials discuss general and in-depth monitoring concepts and practices. Click the link to read the following materials.
USDA Handbook 296
United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service. 2006. Land Resource Regions and Major Land Resource Areas of the United States, the Caribbean, and the Pacific BasinLinks to an external site.. U.S. Department of Agriculture Handbook 296.
Interagency Ecological Site Handbook for Rangelands
Caudle, D., H. Sanchez, J. DiBenedetto, C. Talbot, M. Karl. 2013. Interagency Ecological Site Handbook for RangelandsLinks to an external site.. Technical Reference 1734-4. USDI-Bureau of Land Management, USDA-Forest Service, USDA-Natural Resource Conservation Services.
Monitoring Manual: Volume 2
Herrick, J.E., J.W. Van Zee, K.M. Havstad, L.M. Burkett and W.G. Whitford. 2009. Monitoring manual for grassland, shrubland and savanna ecosystems. Volume II.Links to an external site. Tucson, Arizona: The University of Arizona Press.
Web Resources
The USDA-NRCS (2006) National Range and Pasture HandbookLinks to an external site. provides information on evaluating and rating ecological sites.
The LandscapeToolbox is a useful site for finding tools and methods for effective rangeland management, such as the Multi-scale Information Framework.Links to an external site. More information can be found using the Toolbox WikiLinks to an external site. and conducting a search (top, right corner) for land classification related topics, such as ecological sitesLinks to an external site..
The USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range provides multiple resources for learning about land classification, specifically ecological sites, such as various Ecological Site PresentationsLinks to an external site., guides on Ecological Site DescriptionsLinks to an external site., links to Ecological Site Descriptions LiteratureLinks to an external site., and excercises on Soil and Ecological Site Identificaion.Links to an external site.