Vital Signs Monitoring

Literature Cited and Extended Bibliography


View the Extended Bibliography of Selected Monitoring References

Biggs, H. C. and K. H. Rogers. 2003.   An adaptive system to link science, monitoring, and management in practice. Pages 59-80 in: J. T. du Toit, K. H. Rogers, and H. C. Biggs. The Kruger experience: ecology and management of savanna heterogeneity. Island Press, Washington, D.C.

Davis, G. E. 1993. Design elements of monitoring programs: the necessary ingredients for success. Environ. Monitoring and Assessment 26:99-105.

Davis, G. E. 1997.   General ecological monitoring program design, implementation, and applications: a case study from Channel Islands National Park, California] In: J. K. Reaser and F. Dallmeier (eds.) Measuring and monitoring biodiversity for conservation science and adaptive management. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Elzinga, Caryl L., D. W. Salzer, and J. W. Willoughby. 1998.   Measuring and monitoring plant populations. BLM Tech. Reference 1730-1. BLM/RS/ST-98/005+1730. Available from Bureau of Land Management, National Business Center BC-650B, PO Box 25047, Denver, CO 80225-0047.

Gentile, J. H., M. A. Harwell, W. Cropper, C. C. Harwell, D. Deangelis, S. Davis, J. C. Ogden, and D. Lirman. 2001. Ecological conceptual models: A framework and case study on ecosystem management for south Florida sustainability. Science of the Total Environment 274:231-253.

Goldsmith, F. B. 1991. Monitoring for conservation and ecology. Chapman & Hall. ISBN #0412 356007.

Harwell, M. A., V. Myers, T. Young, A. Bartuska, N. Gassman, J. H. Gentile, C. C. Harwell, S. Appelbaum, J. Barko, B. Causey, C. Johnson, A. Mclean, R. Smola, P. Templet, and S. Tosini. 1999. A framework for an ecosystem integrity report card. Bioscience 49:543-556.

National Park Service. 1995.  Natural resource inventory and monitoring guideline. NPS-75.

NRC (National Research Council). 1995. Review of EPA's Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program: Overall evaluation. National Academy Press.

Noon, B. R., T. A. Spies, and M. G. Raphael. 1999.  Conceptual basis for designing an effectiveness monitoring program. Chpt. 2 In: The strategy and design of the effectiveness monitoring program for the Northwest Forest Plan. USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rept. PNW-GTR-437.

Peterson, D. L., D. G. Silsbee, and D. L. Schmoldt. 1995.   A planning approach for developing inventory and monitoring programs in national parks. NPS Natural Resources Rept. NPS/NRUW/NRR-95/16.

Silsbee, D. G. and D. L. Peterson. 1991.   Designing and implementing comprehensive long-term inventory and monitoring programs for National Park System lands. National Park Service, Natural Resources Report NPS/NRUW/NRR-91/04.

Thompson, W. L., G. C. White, and C. Gowan. 1998. Monitoring vertebrate populations. Academic Press: New York.

Williams, B. K., J. D. Nichols, and M. J. Conroy. 2002. Analysis and management of animal populations. Academic Press: New York.

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