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Historical Range of Variation for Potential Natural Vegetation Types of the Southwest
Author
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Publisher
The Nature Conservancy
Publication Year
2007
Body

Descriptions of the Historical Range of Variation or Variability (HRV) characterize the change over time and space in the condition of the Southwest’s major vegetation types and the ecological processes that shape those types. HRVs enable land managers and the public to understand the drivers of change in our region’s major vegetation types.
Source: The Center for Science and Public Policy, The Nature Conservancy

Language
English
Resource Type
Text
Document Type
Other
Additional Information
Chapters include: Alpine Tundra, Aspen Forest and Woodland, Chaparral, Madrean Encinal, Mixed Conifer Forest, Montane Subalpine Grasslands, Pine Oak Woodland, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland, Ponderosa Pine Forest, Semi-Desert Grassland and Spruce Fir Forest.
Keywords
Arizona
climate change
environmental modeling
land use change
Semi-Desert Grassland
United States
Vegetation Change