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Plant phenology is recognized as important for ecological dynamics. There has been a recent advent of phenology and camera networks worldwide. The established PhenoCam Network has sites in the United States, including the western states. However, there is a paucity of published research from semi-arid regions. In this study, we demonstrate the utility of camera-based repeat digital imagery and use of R statistical phenopix package to quantify plant phenology and phenophases in four plant communities in the semi-arid cold desert region of the Great Basin. We developed an automated variable snow/night filter for removing ephemeral snow events, which allowed fitting of phenophases with a double logistic algorithm....
Categories: Data,
Publication;
Types: Citation;
Tags: Completed,
Desatoya Mountains,
EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LANDSCAPE,
Great Basin,
LCC Network Science Catalog, All tags...
Nevada,
PhenoCam network,
Report,
StarDot cameras,
biota,
camera-based repeat digital photography,
environment,
inlandWaters,
pinyon and juniper,
sagebrush steppe,
semi-arid meadows, Fewer tags
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FY2013Pion (Pinus spp.) and juniper (Juniperus spp.) (PJ) currently occupy approximately 19 million hectars in the Intermountain West. Prior to 1860, approximately 66% of what is now woodland occurred as sagebrush plant communities.This watershed scale project: Documents the impact of PJ treatments in formerly sagebrush steppe communities on understory vegetation composition, hydrologic function, and surface runoff and soil erosion at the landscape scale. Expands the snow monitoring component to understand snow dynamics and timing of plant phenology in cut and uncut treatments. Secures expertise to analyze existing datasets.
Categories: Data,
Project;
Types: Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
OGC WMS Service;
Tags: Conservation NGOs,
Data Acquisition and Development,
Desatoya Mountains,
Desatoya Mountains,
Desatoya Mountains, All tags...
Desatoya Mountains,
Desatoya Mountains,
Desatoya Mountains,
Federal resource managers,
Great Basin,
Great Basin,
Great Basin Landscape Conservation Cooperative,
Informing Conservation Delivery,
LCC,
LCC Network Science Catalog,
Monitoring,
Nevada,
Nevada,
Nevada,
Project,
Publication,
State agencies,
Training/Outreach/Workshop,
completed,
conifer,
conifer,
conifer,
encroachment,
encroachment,
encroachment,
hydrology,
hydrology,
hydrology,
juniper,
juniper,
juniper, Fewer tags
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