@proceedings {51785,
	title = {A baseline of soil erosion and vegetation monitoring in desert grasslands: Chihuahua, Texas and New Mexico},
	volume = {General Technical Report RM-150},
	year = {1987},
	note = {
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	month = {October 12-16, 1},
	pages = {214-220},
	publisher = {USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station},
	address = {Tucson, Arizona},
	abstract = {
	A long-term monitoring for vegetation and soil changes in desert grasslands of the northern Chihuahuan Desert was started in 1981 as part of the USDA/SEA Antidesertification program. Five study areas were located on the Jornada Experimental Range, Otero Mesa, and Peloncillo Mountains in New Mexico, Big Bend National Park in Texas, and Rancho La Campana in Chihuahua, Mexico. Vegetation was charted in quadrats along 30m permanent transects in these study areas. A high-precision auto-level was used to establish baseline data on the current soil-surface levels along the transects. In the future, recharting vegetation and remeasuring soil-surface level should provide data on rates of change. This data could be used to validate models designed to predict rates of soil erosion and vegetation change.},
	keywords = {abstract, abstracts, conference, conference proceedings, conferences, desertification, long term monitoring, soil erosion, model, validation data, proceeding, proceedings, soil erosion, transect, soil erosion, transect, vegetation, vegetation transect},
	author = {J. Ludwig and Moir, William H.},
	editor = {Earl F. Aldon and Gonzales-Vicente, C. E. and Moir, W. H.  (eds.)}
}
