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id="content" class="col-sm-9 col-sm-push-3"> <a id="main-content"></a> <h1 class="page__title title mt-4" id="page-title">Landscape & Vegetation Change</h1> <div class="node-95 node node-uaqs-flexible-page view-mode-full clearfix" about="/research-opportunities/landscape-vegetation-change" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document"> <header> <span property="dc:title" content="Landscape & Vegetation Change" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> </header> <div class="entity entity-paragraphs-item paragraphs-item-uaqs-headed-text mb-4 "> <p>Research opportunities in Long-term landscape and vegetation are greatest at the Santa Rita Experimental Range near Tucson. The available data include repeat photography since 1902, permanent transects since 1953, and long-term livestock exclosures maintained since 1916. These resources are available on the Santa Rita web site聽<a href="https://cals.arizona.edu/srer/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://cals.arizona.edu/srer/</a>. Long-term geomorphic landscape change resources include the soil survey (see Spatial Data at聽<a href="https://cals.arizona.edu/srer/data.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://cals.arizona.edu/srer/data.html</a>) and geomorphic classification (see聽<a href="https://cals.arizona.edu/SRER/proceedings/Batchily.pdf" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://cals.arizona.edu/SRER/proceedings/Batchily.pdf</a>).聽</p> </div> <div class="entity entity-paragraphs-item paragraphs-item-uaqs-card-deck mb-4 uaqs_borderless_card"> <div class="content"> <div class="card-deck-wrapper"><div class="card-deck card-deck-borderless uaqs-card-deck-width-two-cards"> <div class="card card-borderless"> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://experimentstation.arizona.edu/sites/experimentstation.arizona.edu/files/styles/uaqs_card_image/public/wXlQd_qzZtY9Fc2.jpg?itok=hq49FIQz" width="568" height="426" alt="image of Santa Rita Experimental Station" title="Example of repeat photography documenting long-term vegetation change at photo-station 81 between 1919 and 2017 on the Santa Rita Experimental Range. " /><div class="card-text text-blue"> <p>Example of repeat photography documenting long-term vegetation change at photo-station 81 between 1919 and 2017 on the Santa Rita Experimental Range.聽</p> </div></div> <div class="card card-borderless"> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://experimentstation.arizona.edu/sites/experimentstation.arizona.edu/files/styles/uaqs_card_image/public/wXlQd_qzZtY9Fc3.jpg?itok=8Hkmd9qy" width="568" height="426" alt="image of Santa Rita Experimental Station" title="Example of repeat photography documenting long-term vegetation change at photo-station 81 between 1919 and 2017 on the Santa Rita Experimental Range. " /></div> </div></div> </div> </div> <div class="entity entity-paragraphs-item paragraphs-item-uaqs-headed-text mb-4 "> <h3>Highlighted Research Projects</h3> <p paraeid="{611af5d1-e0b1-4ce9-befd-80bf5deae211}{226}" paraid="708302155">Bagchi, S., Singh, N.J.,聽Briske, D.D.,聽Bestelmeyer, B.T., McClaran, M.P. and Murthy, K. 2017. Quantifying long-term plant community dynamics with movement models: implications for ecological resilience. Ecological Applications 27:1514-1528.聽</p> <p paraeid="{611af5d1-e0b1-4ce9-befd-80bf5deae211}{242}" paraid="766920982">McClaran, M.P., Browning, D.M., and Huang, C. 2010. Temporal dynamics and spatial variability in desert grassland vegetation. In R.H. Webb, D.E. Boyer, and R.M. Turner (eds.). Repeat Photography: Methods and Applications in the Natural Sciences. Island Press. Pages 145-166.聽聽</p> <p paraeid="{611af5d1-e0b1-4ce9-befd-80bf5deae211}{250}" paraid="376263130">Throop, H.L., S.A. Archer, and M.P. McClaran. 2020. Soil organic carbon in drylands: shrub encroachment and vegetation management effects dwarf those of livestock grazing.聽 Ecological Applications. 30(7), 2020, e02150,聽<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eap.2150" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eap.2150</a>聽聽</p> </div> <div class="entity entity-paragraphs-item paragraphs-item-uaqs-content-chunks-view mb-4 "> <div class="content"> <div class="view view-research-opportunity-term-refs view-id-research_opportunity_term_refs view-display-id-block view-dom-id-bd22dd82464a0f7117b250fa51b7b007"> <div class="view-header"> <h3>Centers & Locations</h3> </div> <div class="view-content"> <div class="item-list"> <ul> <li class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first"> <div class="field-centers-locations"> <a href="/centers-and-locations/maricopa-agricultural-center">Maricopa Agricultural Center</a> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even views-row-last"> <div class="field-centers-locations"> <a href="/centers-and-locations/southern-arizona-experiment-station">Southern Arizona Experiment Station</a> </div> </li> </ul></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="entity entity-paragraphs-item paragraphs-item-uaqs-content-chunks-view mb-4 "> <div class="content"> <div class="view view-research-opportunity-term-refs view-id-research_opportunity_term_refs view-display-id-block_1 view-dom-id-145b9948e2fe0edc234c70764da6d6c5"> <div class="view-header"> <h3>Research Infrastructure</h3> </div> <div class="view-content"> <div class="item-list"> <ul> <li class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first"> <div class="field-research-infrastructure"> <a href="/cyberinfrastructure/research-and-monitoring-datasets">AES Research and Monitoring Datasets</a> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <div class="field-research-infrastructure"> <a href="/cyberinfrastructure/cyberinfrastructure-and-data-pipelines">Cyberinfrastructure and Data Pipelines</a> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <div class="field-research-infrastructure"> <a href="/cyberinfrastructure/drone-based-image-capture">Drone-Based Image Capture</a> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even"> <div class="field-research-infrastructure"> <a href="/research-infastructure/flux-tower-monitoring">Flux Tower Monitoring</a> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd views-row-last"> <div class="field-research-infrastructure"> <a href="/cyberinfrastructure/web-mobile-development">Web & Mobile Development</a> </div> </li> </ul></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="entity entity-paragraphs-item paragraphs-item-uaqs-headed-text mb-4 "> <h2>Related Majors</h2> </div> <div class="entity entity-paragraphs-item paragraphs-item-uaqs-card-deck mb-4 default"> <div class="content"> <div class="card-deck-wrapper"><div class="card-deck full-width"> <div class="card"><div class="card-header"><div class="card-title"> <h4 class="card-title">Agricultural Technology Management & Education</h4> </div></div> <img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://experimentstation.arizona.edu/sites/experimentstation.arizona.edu/files/styles/uaqs_card_image/public/agtech1_0.jpg?itok=BHe47d7z" width="568" height="426" alt="student in a greenhouse" /><div class="card-block"><p class="card-text"> <p>Learn how to use technology and modern production techniques to enhance food safety and security, while building management and business skills. 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