US army land condition-trend analysis (LCTA) program

The US Army Land Condition-Trend Analysis (LCTA) program is a standardized method of data collection, analysis, and reporting designed to meet multiple goals and objectives. The method utilizes vascular plant inventories, permanent field plot data, and wildlife inventories. Vascular plant inventorie...

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Published in:Environmental management (New York) 1992-05, Vol.16 (3), p.405-414
Main Authors: Diersing, Victor E., Shaw, Robert B., Tazik, David J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
administracion
administracion de recursos
administration
aptitude des terres
encuestas
enquete
environmental impact
estados unidos de america
etats unis
gestion des ressources
impact sur l' environnement
impacto ambiental
land suitability
land use
planificacion
planification
planning
plantas
plante
plants
resource management
surveys
usa
utilisation des terres
utilizacion de la tierra
vocacion de la tierra
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Summary:The US Army Land Condition-Trend Analysis (LCTA) program is a standardized method of data collection, analysis, and reporting designed to meet multiple goals and objectives. The method utilizes vascular plant inventories, permanent field plot data, and wildlife inventories. Vascular plant inventories are used for environmental documentation, training of personnel, species identification during LCTA implementation, and as a survey for state and federal endangered or threatened species. The permanent field plot data documents the vegetational, edaphic, topographic, and disturbance characteristics of the installation. Inventory plots are allocated in a stratified random fashion across the installation utilizing a geographic information system that integrates satellite imagery and soil survey information. Ground cover, canopy cover, woody plant density, slope length, slope gradient, soil information, and disturbance data are collected at each plot.
ISSN:0364-152X
1432-1009
DOI:10.1007/BF02400080