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Creator:: Moritsch, Barbara J.
Abstract:: The National Park Service initiated a backcountry campsite restoration project in 1987 to restore native vegetation on severely degraded campsites in three subalpine lake basins in Yosemite National Park. Restoration treatments included soil scarification, transplanting, manual seeding and site protection. Eight of the treated campsites were monitored in 1990 to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Revegetation on Backcountry Campsites near Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park, California: Third Year

Creator:: Conklin, David R.
Abstract:: The vegetation in Yosemite National Park changed during the 20th century and may change in the 21st century in response to climate change. Vegetation surveys made during the 1930s and the 1990s provide benchmark records separated by 60 years. This study uses the MC1 dynamic global vegetation model to forecast...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: National Park from National Park Service. Inset shows location of Yosemite in California. (http

Creator:: Dunham, Sarah E.
Abstract:: This thesis develops a thematic, geology-based interpretive training manual for the interpretive staff at Yosemite National Park (YNP), California. The manual will help staff understand and convey geologic principles to park visitors who are all experiencing a dynamic landscape comprised of glacially-sculpted igneous rocks. Basic geology and the results of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , 2007. Title: Interpreting Geology in Yosemite National Park, California: A Monument to Strong

Creator:: Hutten, Martin
Abstract:: This dissertation describes patterns in epiphytic macrolichen community composition along a nitrogen deposition gradient in the Yosemite region of the Sierra Nevada in California. This region is part of the largest federal air quality Class 1 designated air-shed in the western United States, covering the entire crest of the Sierra...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: LICHEN COMMUNITIES CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION Yosemite National Park and nearby portions of the Sierra

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