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San Antonio Missions National Historical Park : natural resource condition assessment / Kathy Allen [and seven others] ; GeoSpatial Services, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota.
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- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Allen, Kathy (Kathy Kilkus), author.
- Series:
- Natural resources report ; 2016/1191.
- Natural resource report ; NPS/SAAN/NRR--2016/1191
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- San Antonio Missions National Historical Park (San Antonio, Tex.)--Environmental conditions.
- San Antonio Missions National Historical Park (San Antonio, Tex.).
- Natural resources--Texas--San Antonio.
- Natural resources.
- Ecology--Texas--San Antonio.
- Ecology.
- Biotic communities--Texas--San Antonio.
- Biotic communities.
- Nature--Effect of human beings on--Texas--San Antonio.
- Nature.
- Nature--Effect of human beings on.
- Texas--San Antonio.
- Texas--San Antonio--San Antonio Missions National Historical Park.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxvii, 343 pages) : illustrations (some color), color maps.
- Other Title:
- Natural resource condition assessment
- Place of Publication:
- Fort Collins, Colorado : U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Natural Resource Stewardship and Science, 2016.
- Summary:
- The objectives of this assessment are to evaluate and report on current conditions of key park resources, to evaluate critical data and knowledge gaps, and to highlight selected existing stressors and emerging threats to resources or processes. For those components with sufficient available data, the overall condition varied. For featured components with available data and fewer data gaps, assigned conditions varied. Five components are considered of low concern: upland shrublands/woodlands, reptiles, breeding and resident birds, and hydrology. Two components (fish and water quality) were of moderate concern. Three components were of high concern: air quality, soundscape, and viewscape. Soundscape and viewscape also appeared to shows a deteriorating trend due to continued urban development. Several park-wide threats and stressors influence the condition of priority resources in San Antonio Missions Natural Historical Park. Those of primary concern include the presence of non-native invasive species and effects of urban development (e.g., habitat loss and fragmentation, pollution, hydrological alterations). Climate change could also threaten many resources, as the San Antonio region is likely to become warmer and drier for at least parts of the year within the next century.
- Contents:
- 1. NRCA background information
- 2. Introduction and resource setting
- 3. Study scoping and design
- 4. Natural resource conditions
- 4.1. Forested riparian corridors
- 4.2. Native grasslands
- 4.3. Upland shrublands/woodlands
- 4.4. Reptiles
- 4.5. Amphibians
- 4.6. Breeding birds
- 4.7. Resident birds
- 4.8. Aquatic macroinvertebrates
- 4.9. Fish
- 4.10. Water quality
- 4.11. Air quality
- 4.12. Soundscape
- 4.13. Dark night skies
- 4.14. Viewscape
- 4.15. Hydrology (surface and groundwater)
- 5. Discussion.
- Notes:
- "March 2016."
- "NPS 472/132206"--Page ii.
- "Experience your America"--Page 4 of cover.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (NPS website, viewed November 08, 2019).
- Other Format:
- Print version: San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
- OCLC:
- 1060648349
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