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UCBN Reports and Publications

Reports from the UCBN Vital Signs monitoring work are listed below. Monitoring protocols, standard operating procedures, and monitoring-related documents can also be found on individual UCBN Vital Sign pages (see navigation panel at lower left). The UCBN Monitoring Plan and associated information can be found on the UCBN Monitoring page.

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Aspen Monitoring (City of Rocks NR and Craters of the Moon NM&P)

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Annual Reports:
Monitoring Protocol:	Monitoring Protocol and SOPs (14.5MB zip file)

Camas Lily Monitoring (Big Hole NB and Nez Perce NHP)

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Annual Reports:
Monitoring Protocol:	Monitoring Protocol and SOPs (5.2MB zip file)
Journal article:	Camas Spatial Trend Model (789KB PDF file)

Climate Change Monitoring (UCBN Parks and Regional)

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Integrated Water Quality Monitoring (Big Hole NB, City of Rocks NR, Craters of the Moon NM&P, John Day Fossil Beds NM, Nez Perce NHP, and Whitman Mission NHS)

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Annual Reports:
Monitoring Protocol:	Monitoring Protocol and SOPs (17.5MB zip file)

Limber Pine Monitoring (Craters of the Moon NM&P, plus Klamath Network and Sierra Nevada Network parks)

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Monitoring Protocol:	Monitoring Protocol and SOPs DRAFT (4.2MB zip file)

Osprey Monitoring (Lake Roosevelt NRA)

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Monitoring Protocol:	Monitoring Protocol narrative (1.3MB PDF file)
Protocol SOPs:	Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) (3.3MB PDF file)

Pika Monitoring (Craters of the Moon NM&P, plus Klamath Network parks)

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Monitoring Protocol:	Monitoring Protocol narrative (1.6MB PDF file)
Protocol SOPs:	Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) (5.6MB PDF file)
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Riparian Condition Monitoring (Big Hole NB, City of Rocks NR, John Day Fossil Beds NM, Nez Perce NHP, and Whitman Mission NHS)

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Monitoring Protocol:	Monitoring Protocol and SOPs DRAFT (10.7MB zip file)

Sagebrush-Steppe Monitoring (City of Rocks NR, Craters of the Moon NM&P, John Day Fossil Beds NM, Hagerman Fossil Beds NM, and Lake Roosevelt NRA)

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Monitoring Protocol:	Monitoring Protocol and SOPs (9.2MB zip file)

Stream Channel Characteristics Monitoring (Big Hole NB, City of Rocks NR, John Day Fossil Beds NM, Nez Perce NHP, and Whitman Mission NHS)

Resource Briefs:
Monitoring Protocol:	Monitoring Protocol narrative (3.6MB PDF file)
Protocol SOPs:	Standard Operating Procedures - Appendix A (5MB PDF file)
Protocol SOPs:	Standard Operating Procedures - Appendix B (4.3MB PDF file)

Other Project Reports (Big Hole NB, Nez Perce NHP, and Whitman Mission NHS)

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Peer-Reviewed Publications

Jeffress, M., and L. Garrett. 2011. Pika monitoring under way in four western parks: the development of a collaborative multipark protocol. Park Science 28(2):18-19. (Park Science online)

Garrett, L., M. Jeffress, M. Britten, C. Epps, C. Ray, and S. Wolff. 2011. Pikas in peril: multiregional vulnerability assessment of a climate-sensitive sentinel species. Park Science 28(2):16-17. (Park Science online)

Rodhouse, T.J., K.M. Irvine, K.T. Vierling, and L.A. Vierling. 2011. Estimating temporal trend in the presence of spatial complexity: a Bayesian hierarchical model for a wetland plan population undergoing restoration. PLoS ONE 6(12):1-9. (789KB PDF file)

Rodhouse, T.J., K.T. Vierling, and K.M. Irvine. 2011. A practical survey design for acoustic surveys of bats. Journal of Wildlife Management 75:1094-1102.

Irvine, K.M., and T.J. Rodhouse. 2010. Power analysis for trend in ordinal cover classes: implications for long-term vegetation monitoring. Journal of Vegetation Science 21:1152-1161.

Rodhouse, T.J., E.A. Beever, L.K. Garrett, K.M. Irvine, M.R. Jeffress, M. Munts, and C. Ray. 2010. Distribution of American pikas in a low-elevation lava landscape: conservation implications from the range periphery. Journal of Mammalogy 91:1287-1299. (463KB PDF file accessible to NPS only)

Rodhouse, T.J., R. Hirnyck, and R.G. Wright. 2010. Habitat selection of rodents along a pinyon-juniper woodland-savannah gradient. Journal of Mammalogy 91:447-457.

Rodhouse, T.J., S.A. Scott, P.C. Ormsbee, and J. Zinck. 2008. Field identification of Myotis yumanensis and M. lucifugus: a morphological evaluation. Western North American Naturalist 68:437-443.

Weller, T.J., S.A. Scott, T.J. Rodhouse, P.C. Ormsbee, and J. Zinck. 2007. Field identification of the cryptic vespertilionid bats, Myotis lucifugus and M. yumanensis. Acta Chiropterologica 9:133-147.

Rodhouse, T.J., M.F. McCaffrey, and R.G. Wright. 2005. Distribution, foraging behavior, and capture results of the spotted bat in central Oregon. Western North American Naturalist 65:215-222.

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