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State-and-Transition Simulation Model of Buffelgrass in Saguaro National Park (2014-2044)

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
2014
End Date
2050

Citation

Jarnevich, C.S., Cullinan, T.C., Young, N., Backer, D., Cline, S., Frid, L., and Grissom, P., 2019, State-and-Transition Simulation Model of Buffelgrass in Saguaro National Park (2014-2044): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9ZBX43T.

Summary

This is a spatially-explicit state-and-transition simulation model of buffelgrass dynamics in Saguaro National Park. Buffelgrass is an invasive grass spreading in the park. The model represents uninvaded and invaded parts of the desert ecosystem including transition pathways related to management activities and includes a connection to a fire behavior model. The model was built using the ST-Sim software platform linked to the FARSITE fire behavior model. The St-SIM file structure includes three components: 1) Buffelgrass.ssim.input folder that houses the input files used by St-SIM, 2) the Buffelgrass.ssim.output folder which houses the scenario outputs used by St-SIM for visualization and export of data, and 3) Buffelgrass.ssim file [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Catherine S Jarnevich, Southwest Region
Originator :
Catherine S Jarnevich, Catherine M Cullinane Thomas, Nicholas E Young, Dana Backer, Sarah Cline, Leonardo Frid, Perry Grissom
Metadata Contact :
Catherine S Jarnevich, Southwest Region
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
Fort Collins Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Ecosystems

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Buffelgrass.ssim.xml
Original FGDC Metadata
View 		21.91 KB application/fgdc+xml
SNP buffelgrass without fire.zip 104.9 MB application/zip
SNP RMD buffelgrass with fire.zip 570.67 MB application/zip
SNP TMD buffelgrass with fire.zip 371.29 MB application/zip

Purpose

This model was co-designed with resource management partners to support evaluation of buffelgrass in Saguaro National Park.

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  • Fort Collins Science Center (FORT)
  • USGS Data Release Products

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DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/P9ZBX43T

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