Monitoring Plan

Northeast Temperate Network Vital Signs Monitoring Plan [pdf]
Appalachian National Scenic Trail Vital Signs Monitoring Plan [pdf]

Appendices

Adjacent To Park Monitoring Programs [pdf]
Air Quality[pdf]
Conceptual Models [pdf]
Ecological Systems [pdf]
Invasive Plants [pdf]
Park Monitoring [pdf]
Park Summaries [pdf]
Vital Signs Long List [pdf]
Vital Signs Workshop Summary [pdf]

Journal Articles

Miller-Rushing, A., Evenden, A., Gross, J., Mitchell, B., and Sachs S. 2011. Parks use phenology to improve management and communicate
climate change. Park Science 28 (2): [PDF]

Keefer, J. S., M. Marshall, Brian R. Mitchell, and M. Kaye. Early detection of invasive species: A US National Park Service Approach. Pages 156-163 in E. Rindos, ed., Plant Invasions: Policies, Politics, and Practices, Proceedings of the 2010 Weeds Across Borders Conference, 1–4 June 2010, National Conservation Training Center, Shepherdstown, West Virginia. Bozeman, Montana: Montana State University, Center for Invasive Plant Management.

Tierney, J. L., D. Faber-Langendoen, B. R. Mitchell, W. G. Shriver, and J. P. Gibbs. 2009. Monitoring and evaluating the ecological integrity of forest ecosystems. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 7(6):308-316, doi:10.1890/070176.[PDF]

Wang, Y., B. R. Mitchell, J. Nugranad-Marzilli, G. Bonynge, Y. Zhou, and G. Shriver. 2009. Remote sensing of land-cover change and landscape context of the National Parks: A case study of the Northeast Temperate Network. Remote Sensing of Environment, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2008.09.017 [PDF]