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Assessment, Inventory and Monitoring Core Concepts:
Stratification
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Objectives
Students will be able to: Explain what stratification is and its benefits for assessment, inventory and monitoring Given soil and ecological site information for an area, stratify the landscape based on the its characteristics
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Route
• Stratification • Applying stratfication using soils and
ecological sites • Resources for future learning
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Introduction to Stratification
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Rangeland landscapes are diverse
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Dividing up the landscape into similar types helps resource managers understand diversity
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Strata
• Strata are areas located in a particular part of the landscape (e.g., flood basin or hill summit) within which soil type, vegetation, management and current status are relatively similar
• All areas classified by the same stratum are expected to respond similarly to changes in management and to catastrophic disturbances, such as a combination of drought and fire
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Examples of Strata
Canyon Slope (North-facing)
Canyon Slope (South-facing)
Rock Outcrop
Hills
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Stratification
• Stratification is dividing a population or study area (e.g., rangeland landscape) up into sub-groups or subunits called strata
• Typically done prior to sampling • Sampling effort (e.g., number of sample
locations per area) can be varied among strata according to your objectives
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Benefits of Stratification • Targeted monitoring
– Enables data collection focused on management questions
• Supports data interpretation – Helps land managers set realistic monitoring
objectives – Indicator interpretation may differ by stratum
• Improves efficiency – Separates & reduces variability
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Why Stratify?
• Reduce the number of plots that need to be monitored
• Ensure that small areas get monitored • Focus monitoring on priority areas • Aid in interpretation of results • Report on units that are meaningful to
management • Compare current conditions to ecological
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How to stratify?
Stratify by relatively stable factors related to variability of indicator values within a study area, such as: • Differences in soil types or ecological sites • Topography • Climate • Management • And other factors
Land Potential
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Example: What factors might you stratify by in this
landscape?
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Unstratified Clayey Strata
Loamy Strata
Stratified
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Effective Strata Example Bare Ground
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Dividing up the landscape into similar types helps resource managers understand diversity Dividing up the landscape into similar types helps resource managers understand diversity
Soil types and ecological sites are especially useful strata
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Applying Stratification: Soils and Ecological Sites
Training for the soil description protocol in the Plot Characterization
section of the revised Monitoring Manual for Grassland, Shrubland, and
Savannah Ecosystems
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Applying Stratification
Enjoy the benefits of stratification! • Reduced variability
• Comparison of results to reference conditions or potential • More information with less effort
Analyze Data, Taking Strata into Account Stratify
Confirm the Strata in the Field for each Location
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How do soils help us understand landscape conditions and changes?
Soils affect the potential of the land
Mountain Big Sagebrush
Alkali Sagebrush
Kachergis et al. 2012 Rangeland Ecology and Management 18
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Soils affect the potential of the land
Mountain Big Sagebrush
Clay Soil
Loam or Clay Loam Soil +
+ Alkali Sagebrush
How do soils help us understand landscape conditions and changes?
Kachergis et al. 2012 Rangeland Ecology and Management 19
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Soils affect land response to management and disturbance
Mountain Big Sagebrush
Alkali Sagebrush
How do soils help us understand landscape conditions and changes?
Kachergis et al. 2012 Rangeland Ecology and Management 20
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Soils affect land response to management and disturbance
Mountain Big Sagebrush
Alkali Sagebrush
Spray broadleaf herbicide Spray broadleaf herbicide
How do soils help us understand landscape conditions and changes?
Kachergis et al. 2012 Rangeland Ecology and Management
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Soils provide important context for understanding landscape conditions
and changes
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Texture
Depth
Static soil properties that affect land potential and change through effects on
processes
Rock Fragments
vs.
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Example: Soil Water
Mountain Big Sagebrush
Clay Soil
Loam or Clay Loam Soil +
+ Alkali Sagebrush
Soil becomes saturated with water for several weeks yearly – Alkali sagebrush can tolerate it, but not mountain big sagebrush
Soil does not become saturated with water – Mountain big sagebrush flourishes
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Soil properties affect processes Easily measured
Soil Horizons Rock Fragment Content Texture Clay content Effervescence Soil Color (optional) Soil Structure (optional)
Properties Processes
Hard to measure
Gibbens and Lenz 2000, Journal of Arid Environments
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Soil Profile
Horizon: A layer of soil, generally parallel to the soil surface, whose properties differ from the layers above and beneath. Any change in soil properties denotes a change in horizon.
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Duniway et al. 2010 Rangelands
Comparison of Four Different Soil Profiles in New Mexico
Gravelly Loamy Sand
Petro- calcic
Sandy Clay Loam Sandy Loam Sandy Clay Loam
Calcic w/ ~20% CaCO3
Loamy Sand
Fine Sandy Loam
Calcic
Sandy Clay Loam
Clay Loam
Calcic w/ >40% CaCO3
Petro- calcic
Gravelly Sandy Loamy Limy
Calcic
Note the different properties of each horizon.
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Soil Coarse Fragment Content • Percent rocks (>2 mm) by volume • Affects soil water availability through
infiltration, storage and evaporation • Measure by sieving and comparing soil
volume with and without rocks
In arid regions, trees often grow better than grasses in
soils with lots of coarse fragments in the top meter.
Why?
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Soil Texture • Percent soil particles of different sizes (sand,
silt, and clay) • Affects all soil processes • Estimate texture by feel
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Percent Clay
• Smallest soil particle size (<2 micrometers) • Amount of clay especially important for:
– Infiltration and water availability – Soil stability and erodibility – Plant rooting
• Estimate percent clay by feel
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Effervescence
• Indicator of calcium carbonate content • Tested by dropping weak hydrochloric acid on
soil and looking at how many bubbles are produced
How might this cemented calcium carbonate horizon
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Soil Structure (optional) • Description of the size, shape, and strength of
soil peds or pieces • Affects soil water availability through the
depth that water can penetrate and residence time that water is available to plants
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Soil Color (optional) • Indicator of the amount of organic
matter in the soil, which is important for water holding capacity and nutrient availability (darkermore organic matter)
• Match the soil with a color on the Munsell Color Chart
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Some soil properties affect the potential of other soil properties
Example: Texture & Organic Matter
Loamy soil – Mountain Big Sagebrush •Medium-textured soil with mix of sand, silt & clay •Darker color, more organic matter
Clay Soil, Alkali Sagebrush •Heavy clay-textured becomes saturated in spring •Lighter color, less organic matter 34
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Soil Maps and Ecological Sites
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Soil Maps • Created using soil pits, aerial photography, GIS,
and an understanding of soil-landscape relationships
• Each soil series is named (e.g. Boyle) and has unique properties
• One or more soil map unit components occur within each soil map unit and consist of a soil series + slope and surface texture modifier
• Soil map units refer to a particular instance of one or more soil map unit components
• See resources at end of presentation
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Example: the Picante-Pecan soil map unit (#20) 37
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Soil Series Soil map unit component
Picante Picante loamy sand, 5-15% slopes Picante sandy loam, 5-15% slopes Picante sandy loam, >15% slopes
Pecan Pecan loam, 0-5% slopes Pecan sandy loam, 0-5% slopes
Picante-Pecan soil map unit (#20)
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Ecological Site A kind of land, defined by its soils, topography
and climate, that has the potential to: 1) produce similar kinds and amounts of
vegetation 2) respond to disturbances and drivers similarly
(e.g., grazing and rainfall)
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1970s-80s 2003
Sandy soils (high erodibility)
Clayey soils (low erodibility)
Ecological sites provide important context for understanding landscape change
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How are ecological sites differentiated? Based on properties that are relatively insensitive to common management and disturbance scenarios:
• Static soil properties (e.g. % clay in subsoil) • Landscape properties (e.g. run-in versus run-off) • Climate (e.g. NRCS Major Land Resource Area)
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Ecological Site Map
• Based on soil maps • One soil map unit component = one ecological
site • Each soil map unit can have multiple
components • Thus each map unit matches up with one or
more ecological sites
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Example: the Picante-Pecan soil map unit (#20) 43
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Ecological Site Soil Series
Soil map unit component
Sandy Loamy Hills
Picante Picante loamy sand, 5-15% slopes
X
Picante sandy loam, >15% slopes
X
Pecan Pecan loam, 0-5% slopes
X
(1) The Picante-Pecan soil map unit includes 3 ecological sites:
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Ecological Site Soil Series
Soil map unit component
Sandy Loamy Hills
Picante Picante loamy sand, 5-15% slopes
X
Picante sandy loam, 5-15% slopes
X
Picante sandy loam, >15% slopes
X
Pecan Pecan loam, 0-5% slopes
X
Pecan sandy loam, 0-5% slopes
X
(2) The loamy site includes many loamy soil series
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Ecological Site Soil Series
Soil map unit component
Sandy Loamy Hills
Picante Picante loamy sand, 5-15% slopes
X
Picante sandy loam, 5-15% slopes
X
Picante sandy loam, >15% slopes
X
Pecan Pecan loam, 0-5% slopes
X
Pecan sandy loam, 0-5% slopes
X
(3) But the Picante soil series is associated with 3 different sites
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Interpreting Soil and Ecological Site Maps
• One map unit component = one ecological site • No map is accurate at small scales • Best way to use them: Take the map and
descriptions of all nearby ecological sites out in the field, and DIG A SOIL PIT
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Identifying Ecological Sites
1. Gather Information
2. Go to the field
3. Compare physical
characteristics
• Key to Ecological Sites
• Topographical Map
• Soil Map
• Soil Map Unit Descriptions
• Ecological Site Descriptions (ESD’s)
• Go to a site.
• Find out where you are on the maps.
• According to the soil map units in the area, what ecological site(s) could you be on?
• Do you have the same topography as the ESD?
• Are you at the same elevation as the ESD?
• Are the soil properties (esp. texture) the same as described in the soil map unit component and associated ESD?
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Applying Stratification
Enjoy the benefits of stratification! • Reduced variability
• Comparison of results to reference conditions or potential • More information with less effort
Analyze Data, Taking Strata into Account Stratify
Confirm the Strata in the Field for each Location
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Stratification helps resource managers understand diverse landscapes
Soil types and ecological sites are especially useful strata
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Soil and ecological site resources
• Web Soil Survey • SoilWeb App for iPhone and Android • Soil Series Descriptions • List of Published Soil Surveys • Approved Ecological Site Descriptions • LandPKS App for Site Characterization
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For more soil background info:
Field Book for Describing and Sampling Soils – plus video on how to use it
Factors of Soil Formation – classic book by Hans
Jenny available online The Nature and Properties of Soils – book to
purchase that provides a clearly written, general overview
Soils: Genesis and Geomorphology – textbook to
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Conclusion
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Objective
You should now be able to: Explain what stratification is and its benefits for assessment, inventory and monitoring Given soil and ecological site information for an area, stratify the landscape based on the its characteristics
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Summary
• Stratification • Applying stratfication using soils and
ecological sites • Resources for future learning
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