Multiple species inventory and monitoring technical guide

Patricia N. Manley; Beatrice Van Horne; J.K. Roth; Bill Zielinski; Michelle McKenzie; Ted Weller; F.W. Weckerly; C. Vojta

doi:10.2737/WO-GTR-73

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Multiple species inventory and monitoring technical guide

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Authors:

Patricia N. Manley, Beatrice Van Horne, J.K. Roth, Bill Zielinski, Michelle McKenzie, Ted Weller, F.W. Weckerly, C. Vojta

Year:

2006

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/WO-GTR-73

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-73. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Washington Office. 204 p.

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Abstract

The National Forest Management Act (1976) recognizes the importance of maintaining species and community diversity on National Forest System (NFS) lands as a critical component of our ecological and cultural heritage. Monitoring is required of land management to assess the success of management activities in meeting legal, regulatory, and policy objectives, including sustaining populations of native and desired nonnative species. The Multiple Species Inventory and Monitoring (MSIM) protocol is intended to serve as a consistent and efficient method for obtaining basic presence/absence data and associated habitat condition data for a large number of individual species at sites that represent a probabilistic sample. It is designed to be implemented in association with Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) grid points on NFS lands. The MSIM protocol is designed as a base monitoring approach on which regions and forests can build to meet their specific National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan monitoring needs with the greatest possible efficiency (measured as the amount of useful and high-quality information gained per unit cost).

Keywords

multiple species, inventory and monitoring, National Forest Management Act, Multiple Species Inventory and Monitoring protocol, MSIM, Forest Inventory and Analysis, FIA

Citation

Manley, P.N.; Van Horne, B.; Roth, J.K.; Zielinski, W.J.; McKenzie, M.M.; Weller, T.J.; Weckerly, F.W.; Vojta, C. 2006. Multiple species inventory and monitoring technical guide. Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-73. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Washington Office. 204 p.