Belowground ecosystems [chapter 9]

Carole Coe Klopatek

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Belowground ecosystems [chapter 9]

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Carole Coe Klopatek

Year:

1995

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

In: Finch, Deborah M.; Tainter, Joseph A., tech eds. Ecology, diversity, and sustainability of the Middle Rio Grande Basin. Gen. Tech. Rep. RM-GTR-268. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. p. 176-186.

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Abstract

The USDA Forest Service defined ecosystem management as "an ecological approach to achieve multiple-use management of national forests and grasslands by blending the needs of people and environmental values in such a way that national forests and grasslands represent diverse, healthy, productive, and sustainable ecosystems" (June 4, 1992, letter from Chief FS). This approach spans many different scales, both in time and space. It also implies that we need to carefully analyze and evaluate interactions between different parts of the ecosystem, including how humans interact and impact ecosystems.

Parent Publication

Ecology, diversity, and sustainability of the Middle Rio Grande Basin

Keywords

Rio Grande, sustainability, riparian, environmental history, climate change, pinyon-juniper, desert grasslands, ecosystem restoration

Citation

Klopatek, Carole Coe. 1995. Belowground ecosystems [chapter 9]. In: Finch, Deborah M.; Tainter, Joseph A., tech eds. Ecology, diversity, and sustainability of the Middle Rio Grande Basin. Gen. Tech. Rep. RM-GTR-268. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. p. 176-186.