Middle Rio Grande Basin Research Report 2008

Deborah M. Finch; Catherine Dold

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Middle Rio Grande Basin Research Report 2008

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Deborah M. Finch, Catherine Dold

Year:

2008

Type:

Miscellaneous Publication

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

Albuquerque, NM: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Middle Rio Grande Ecosystem Management Research Unit. 20 p.

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Abstract

An ecosystem is rarely static. A natural system composed of plants, animals, and microorganisms interacting with an area's physical factors, an ecosystem is always fluctuating and evolving. But sometimes, often at the hands of humans, ecosystems change too much. Such is the case with many of the ecosystems of the Middle Rio Grande Basin of New Mexico.

Keywords

Middle Rio Grande Basin, New Mexico, ecosystem, conservation, restoration, drought, bark beetle, grazing, fire, Valles Caldera National Preserve, climate change, bosque, Rio Grande silvery minnow, Hybognathus amarus

Citation

Finch, Deborah M.; Dold, Catherine, eds. 2008. Middle Rio Grande Basin Research Report 2008. Albuquerque, NM: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Middle Rio Grande Ecosystem Management Research Unit. 20 p.