Several measures of texture, including wavelets, are being used. Dynamics of Grassland Ecosystems in Southern Arizona. This ranch has now seen no livestock grazing for approximately 40 years and provides a fascinating study of vegetation response to the removal of grazing. Future studies focusing on the invasion of Lehmann's lovegrass are planned. Vegetation Monitoring and the Design of Monitoring Projects .
Several projects are both ongoing and have been completed relative to the monitoring of vegetation.
Natural Vegetation Preserves in the City of Phoenix. Projects concerning a GIS database for a proposed park in north Phoenix and a model relating land value and the proximity of natural areas have been completed. Work on the natural vegetation of South Mountain Preserve in south Phoenix is ongoing. Field investigations for this research have emphasized Arizona but have ranged from rain forests in southeast Alaska to deserts in North Africa. Thank-you to The Southwest Center for Environmental Research and Policy, USDA Forest Service, USDI Bureau of Land Management, the Parks, Recreation, and Library Department of the City of Phoenix, and others for their support of my research.