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Mapping native and non-native riparian vegetation in the Colorado River Watershed

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dc.contributor.authorEvangelista, Paul, author
dc.contributor.authorYoung, Nicholas, author
dc.contributor.authorVorster, Tony, author
dc.contributor.authorWest, Amanda, author
dc.contributor.authorHatcher, Emma, author
dc.contributor.authorWoodward, Brian, author
dc.contributor.authorAnderson, Ryan, author
dc.contributor.authorGirma, Rebecca, author
dc.coverage.spatialColorado River Watershed (Colo.-Mexico)
dc.coverage.temporal2006
dc.coverage.temporal2016
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-03T18:20:18Z
dc.date.available2018-04-03T18:20:18Z
dc.date.issued2018-10-24
dc.descriptionRevised October 24, 2018.
dc.description.abstractUsing remote sensing to map riparian vegetation, particularly single species such as tamarisk and Russian olive, requires georeferenced occurrence locations with estimations of foliar cover to train remote sensing-based models. This report details on the data, resources, methods and results to developing riparian vegetation, tamarisk and Russian olive distribution models along the Colorado River and its’ main tributaries. Change in riparian vegetation for Colorado River Basin was analyzed, finding an overall increase in riparian vegetation between 2006 and 2016. Also, an evaluation of the change map in known regions of tamarisk management showed that our models did identify a substantial decrease in tamarisk. The results of this study are a promising next step for project partners to utilize remote sensing to monitor the efficacy of management efforts throughout the Colorado River Basin and inform future management strategies.
dc.description.sponsorshipThis project was funded by the Walton Family Foundation.
dc.format.mediumborn digital
dc.format.mediumreports
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10217/187177
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartofResearch Data - Riparian Habitat and Invasive Species in the Colorado River Basin
dc.relation.referencesRiparian Habitat and Invasive Species in the Colorado River Basin – Data Collection. https://hdl.handle.net/10217/185829
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dc.rights.licenseThis article is open access and distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0).
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
dc.subjectinvasive species
dc.subjectriparian vegetation
dc.subjectmodeling
dc.subjectremote sensing
dc.subjectfield data
dc.titleMapping native and non-native riparian vegetation in the Colorado River Watershed
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