
Where marked differences in vegetation type from grassland to honey mesquite shrubland have occurred, the local topography has been transformed with previously flat mesa becoming rolling duneland. Coincident with these changes in vegetation dominance are increases in soil erosion, stream channel cutting, and shrub-coppice dune formation on sandy soils. Since the 1880's, rangeland vegetation in southern New Mexico has changed dramatically over widespread areas, typically with shrubs displacing native grasslands. Morphological characteristics, multispectral data, scanning laser systems, shrub-coppice dunes Rango A., Chopping M., Ritchie J, Havstad K, Kustas W.P, Schmugge T.J. Morphological characteristics of shrub-coppice dunes in desert grasslands of southern New Mexico derived from scanning LIDAR Asombro Institute for Science Education.USDA-ARS Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Lab.Chihuahuan Desert Rangeland Research Center.USDA UV-B Monitoring & Research Program.Forest & Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center.Long-Term Agroecosystem Research Network.Monitoring and Assessment Presentations.Book: Long Term Trends in Ecological Systems.Special Issue: Monitoring on Rangelands.Centennial Special Issue: Big Science Questions.Special Issue: Shifting Paradigms in Drylands.Special Issue: Ecological Sites for Landscape Management.Book: Structure and Function of a Chihuahuan Desert Ecosystem.NOAA-National Climatic Data Center Data.NRCS Soil Climate Analysis Network Data.USDA Regional Hubs for Risk Adaptation and Mitigation to Climate Change.National Ecological Observatory Network.Database for Inventory, Monitoring & Assessment (DIMA).Abrupt Transitions in Ecological Systems.State codes via generalized ecological sites.Obtain/create spatial data linking soil component.Interactive Map of ESD-Based Recovery Classes.AIM - Assessment, Inventory, and Monitoring.
