@article {49940,
	title = {The database for inventory, monitoring, and assessment (DIMA)},
	journal = {Rangelands},
	volume = {33},
	year = {2011},
	month = {08/2011},
	pages = {21-26},
	chapter = {21},
	abstract = {Land managers increasingly need to collect, store, and analyze monitoring and assessment datasets that include multiple methods and occur over multiple years. The Database for Inventory,Monitoring and Assessment (DIMA) is a highly customizable software tool for data collection, management, and interpretation. DIMA is a free Microsoft Access database that can be used easily without extensive knowledge of Access (download DIMA from http://jornada.nmsu.edu/monit-assess/dima/download). Data can be entered for common, nationally accepted vegetation and soil monitoring methods in the field using a Tablet PC (touch screen entry) or in the office on a standard computer (keyboard entry) with user-specified choice lists.},
	doi = {doi: 10.2111/1551-501X-33.4.21},
	url = {/files/bibliography/11-025.pdf},
	author = {Ericha Courtright and Justin Van Zee}
}
@conference {50186,
	title = {Customizable tool for ecological data entry, assessment, monitoring, and interpretation},
	booktitle = {93rd Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting},
	series = {93rd ESA Annual Meetings},
	year = {2008},
	month = {August 4-8, 2008},
	pages = {66-136},
	address = {Milwaukee, WI },
	abstract = {The Database for Inventory, Monitoring and Assessment (DIMA) is a highly customizable tool for data entry, assessment, monitoring, and interpretation. DIMA is a Microsoft Access database that can easily be used without Access knowledge and is available at no cost. Data can be entered for common, nationally accepted (by NRCS, BLM and others) vegetation and soil monitoring methods, including the methods described in the {\textquotedblleft}Monitoring Manual for Grassland, Shrubland, and Savanna Ecosystems.{\textquotedblright} Additionally, NRCS ecological site description data can be collected starting at a low intensity (e.g., general site characteristics, waypoints and photos) and building to a high intensity (e.g., detailed soil and vegetation data). Stored data are easily exported to other databases and spreadsheets while previously entered data can be quickly imported into the database via Excel templates. Indicators and reports, including graphs, are automatically generated from entered data. In addition to data, the database stores critical metadata such as field crew personnel, plant species lists downloaded from the USDA/NRCS PLANTS database, driving directions, method rule sets, soil data and links to photos. The objective of this poster is to make the database available to other ecologists, to review current applications, and to identify areas for future enhancements.},
	keywords = {assessment, ecological, interpretation, monitoring, tool},
	author = {Ericha Courtright and Jeffrey E. Herrick and Brandon T Bestelmeyer and Laura M. Burkett}
}
