USDA button
ARS Button
Home Page Button Monitoring & Assessment Button Monitoring Button Assessment Button FAQ Button
  Holloman Air Force Base Sustainable Disturbance website
  Mongolian Information
  Rangeland Monitoring Manual
  Data Forms
  Automated Calculations (requires Microsoft® Excel)
  Sample Size Requirements Calculator
  Additional Resources
  Presentations
  Training Videos
  Courses
  ARIDnet
  Chinese Language

Click here to access the
Rangeland Database and Field Data Entry System




Monitoring Manual   Manual Availability
for Grassland, Shrubland and Savanna Ecosystems

Manual Cover
Quick Start (Volume I) Reprinted 2009

Manual cover
Volume II: Design, supplementary methods and interpretation Reprinted 2009
 
  • Download the Manual
  • Purchase from University of Arizona Press ($24.95)

    Contact Jeff Herrick with any questions.

  •  
    Supporting Literature
    Monitoring the Vegetation Resources in Riparian Areas - by Alma H. Winward. 2000. RMRS-GTR-47. U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. Rocky Mountain Research Station. 49pp.
    A Dynamic Cone Penetrometer for Measuring Soil Penetration Resistance - by Jeffrey E. Herrick and Tim L. Jones published in Soil Science Society of America Journal, 66:1320-1324, 2002.
    Soil Aggregate Stability Kit - Reprinted from CATENA, Vol 44, 2001, pp 27-35, J.E. Herrick et al. "Field soil aggregate stability kit for soil quality and rangeland health evaluations" with permission from Elsevier Science. (Catena Internet site is http://www.elsevier.com/locate/catena .) Single copies of the article can be downloaded and printed for the reader's personal research and study.
    Reproduction of this material is confined to the purpose for which permission is hereby given and excludes use in any electronic form other than on the World Wide Web.
    Suelo: estabilidad en agua (v: 27/8/01) (Spanish version)
    USDA, ARS, Jornada Experimental Range
    P.O. Box 30003, MSC 3JER, NMSU
    Las Cruces, NM 88003-8003
    Tel: 575-646-4147
    Email: ericha@nmsu.edu