Location
University of Nevada Las Vegas, Stan Fulton Building Ballroom
Start Date
2-2-2010 1:15 PM
End Date
2-2-2010 1:35 PM
Description
84 PowerPoint slides Convener: Franco Biondi, UNR & Michael Young, DRI Session 4: Ecological Change and Water Resources Abstract: -The Problem -To detect changes in vegetation as it responds to changes in climate, we must first know where the vegetation is now -GAP (Geographic Approach to Protection of Biodiversity) map --National project to map land cover throughout the US. --Nevada map (Edwards et al. 1996) -Southwest ReGAP map --Land cover map for southwestern US (Prior-Magee et al. 2007) to correct problems identified in GAP map
Keywords
California – Mojave Desert; Climatic changes; Desert ecology; Desert plants – Effect of global warming on; Ecological zones; Global warming; Nevada; Phytogeography – Climatic factors; United States – Great Basin
Disciplines
Climate | Desert Ecology | Environmental Indicators and Impact Assessment | Environmental Monitoring | Environmental Sciences | Natural Resources and Conservation | Plant Sciences | Systems Biology
Included in
Climate Commons, Desert Ecology Commons, Environmental Indicators and Impact Assessment Commons, Environmental Monitoring Commons, Natural Resources and Conservation Commons, Plant Sciences Commons, Systems Biology Commons
Biotic Responses to Climate Change in the Great Basin and Mojave Desert: Vegetation
University of Nevada Las Vegas, Stan Fulton Building Ballroom
84 PowerPoint slides Convener: Franco Biondi, UNR & Michael Young, DRI Session 4: Ecological Change and Water Resources Abstract: -The Problem -To detect changes in vegetation as it responds to changes in climate, we must first know where the vegetation is now -GAP (Geographic Approach to Protection of Biodiversity) map --National project to map land cover throughout the US. --Nevada map (Edwards et al. 1996) -Southwest ReGAP map --Land cover map for southwestern US (Prior-Magee et al. 2007) to correct problems identified in GAP map