Terrestrial Vegetation and Soils Monitoring in the Rincon Mountain District, Saguaro National Park, 2008?2009 (Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/SODN/NRDS?2010/118)

This report summarizes provisional data collected by the Sonoran Desert Network during the first two seasons of terrestrial vegetation and soils monitoring in upland areas of the Rincon Mountain District of Saguaro National Park, in southern Arizona. Twenty-five permanent monitoring sites were sampled. This report summarizes effort to date, evaluates the sampling design in the context of our monitoring objectives, and suggests modifications to the design.