Lake Mead National Recreation Area Vegetation Monitoring and Analysis: Quarterly Progress Report, January 1— March 31, 2008

Authors

Margaret N. Rees, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

3-31-2008

Publisher

Public Lands Institute

Publisher Location

Las Vegas (Nev.)

First page number:

1

Last page number:

10

Abstract

Executive Summary

• The Weed Sentry program surveyed 104 miles of transportation corridors on federal land in Clark County for incipient populations of exotic plants.
• Seven manuscripts attained in-press or published status and two manuscripts were submitted for review this quarter. Among other in-press manuscripts, are one documenting Sahara mustard germination patterns (Western North American Naturalist), one assessing exotic species distributions in Clark County (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment), and another is a synthesis of burro effects on Mojave Desert vegetation (Environmental Management).
• Staff delivered four presentations this quarter at conferences or at agency meetings. Twenty-six Las Vegas bearpoppy sites were assessed as part of rare plant monitoring efforts through the MSHCP program.
• Twenty-six Las Vegas bearpoppy sites were assessed as part of rare plant monitoring efforts through the MSHCP program.
• A total of 14 fires have been sampled to date as part of a county-wide survey effort of burn succession and exotic grass distributions.
• UNLV M.S. candidate Chris Roberts has sampled approximately 100 plots as part of a major effort remeasuring plots established in 1979 in the Newberry Mountains.

Controlled Subject

Endemic plants; Fire ecology; Grasses; Invasive plants; Plant succession; United States--Lake Mead National Recreation Area; Vegetation monitoring; Weeds--Control

Disciplines

Desert Ecology | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | Environmental Monitoring | Environmental Sciences | Life Sciences | Natural Resources and Conservation | Natural Resources Management and Policy | Physical Sciences and Mathematics | Plant Sciences | Systems Biology | Weed Science

File Format

pdf

File Size

188 KB

Language

English

Comments

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Repository Citation

Rees, M. N. (2008). Lake Mead National Recreation Area Vegetation Monitoring and Analysis: Quarterly Progress Report, January 1— March 31, 2008. 1-10.
Available at: https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/pli_lake_mead_vegetation/8