This poster will highlight the development of ecological sites and ecological site keys for initial surveys and surveys in remote areas. Ecological Site Descriptions for remote areas begin with premapping efforts, concept development, and producing an draft ecological site key. After the preliminary concepts and ecological site key has been developed, the ecologists and soil scientists work with eachother to collect soil and vegetation. Throughout the field season, the key and concepts are refined as data is collected. Following data entry, the ecosite and soil component data is aggregated and draft State and Transition Models and narratives are developed. The poster will highlight the ESD process and provide an example state and transition model.
Oral presentation and poster titles, abstracts, and authors from the Society for Range Management (SRM) Annual Meetings and Tradeshows, from 2013 forward.