. Assessing big sagebrush at multiple spatial scales : an example in southeast Oregon. Big sagebrush; Sagebrush; Sage grouse; Habitat (Ecology); Vegetation monitoring; Vegetation dynamics; Range ecology. Table of Contents Acknowledgments i Abstract 1 Introduction 3 Assessment Process 5 Define Assessment Scales 5 Create Canopy Cover Classes 5 Class 1: No Sagebrush Canopy Cover (Grassland) 6 Class 2: Trace to 5 Percent Sagebrush Canopy Cover (Grassland) 8 Class 3: Greater than 5 Percent to 15 Percent Sagebrush Canopy Cover (Shrubland) 8 Class 4: Greater than 15 Percent to 25 Percent Sagebrush Ca


. Assessing big sagebrush at multiple spatial scales : an example in southeast Oregon. Big sagebrush; Sagebrush; Sage grouse; Habitat (Ecology); Vegetation monitoring; Vegetation dynamics; Range ecology. Table of Contents Acknowledgments i Abstract 1 Introduction 3 Assessment Process 5 Define Assessment Scales 5 Create Canopy Cover Classes 5 Class 1: No Sagebrush Canopy Cover (Grassland) 6 Class 2: Trace to 5 Percent Sagebrush Canopy Cover (Grassland) 8 Class 3: Greater than 5 Percent to 15 Percent Sagebrush Canopy Cover (Shrubland) 8 Class 4: Greater than 15 Percent to 25 Percent Sagebrush Canopy Cover (Shrubland) 9 Class 5: Greater than 25 Percent Sagebrush Canopy Cover (Shrubland) 10 Make Mid-Scale Assessments 10 Place Mid-Scale Conditions in the Context of Broad-Scale Findings 10 Determine Mid-Scale Objectives 15 Identify Mid-Scale Geographic Management Areas 15 Determine Mid-Scale Geographic Management Area Objectives 17 Make Fine-Scale Determinations 18 Determine Fine-Scale, Pasture-Level Objectives 18 Evaluate Achievement of Oregon's Rangeland Health Standard 5 18 Determine Site (Local, Within Pasture) Subclasses 24 Subclasses for Class 1 24 Subclasses for Class 2 26 Subclasses for Class 3 29 Subclasses for Class 4 30 Subclasses for Class 5 31 Summary of Assessment Steps and Results 35 References Cited 39. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Karl, Michael G; Sadowski, Jon; United States. Bureau of Land Management; National Science and Technology Center (U. S. ); National Science and Technology Center (U. S. ). Branch of Publishing Services. [Denver, Colo. : Bureau of Land Management, National Science and Technology Center]


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