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A comparison between circular plots and belt transects


A comparison between circular plots and belt transects

Title: Field sampling methods on seismic lines: A comparison between circular plots and belt transects. Caren Jones1, Angeline Van Dongen1, Jill Harvey1 ...

Field sampling methods on seismic lines: a comparison between ...

Data collected in belt transects and circular plots were similar, and doubling the area sampled did not impact the results. Based on ease of implementation, a ...

Field sampling methods on seismic lines: a comparison between ...

Data collected in belt transects and circular plots were similar, and doubling the area sampled did not impact the results. Based on ease of ...

Field sampling methods on seismic lines: A comparison between ...

Data collected in belt transects and circular plots were similar, and doubling the area sampled did not impact the results. Based on ease of ...

Field sampling methods on seismic lines: a comparison between ...

... belt transects and circular plots were similar, and doubling the area sampled did not impact the results. Based on ease of implementation, a 30 m × 2 m belt ...

Sampling Forest Birds: Strip Transects Versus Time-area Circular Plots

Abstract: The strip transect and fixed-area circular plot methods of sampling birds were compared in 4 even-age pine-hardwood stands (seedling, sapling, ...

Field sampling methods on seismic lines: a comparison between ...

Article "Field sampling methods on seismic lines: a comparison between circular plots and belt transects" Detailed information of the J-GLOBAL is an ...

Chapter 5 - Ecological Monitoring Tools and Methods

... transect and describing how to relocate that transect in the future). Appropriate tapes (e.g., 100 m for transects or smaller for circular plots). Subplot ...

Aims and Methods - Alaska Geobotany Center

We describe a plot as any two-dimensional sample area of any size. This includes quadrats, rectangular plots, circular plots and belt- transects (which are ...

A comparative evaluation of transect, point count and two-hectare ...

Unadjusted circular plot densities agreed closely with strip transects (Fig. 1d; β = 1.19, 95 per cent c.i. = [0.92, 1.53]). Differences in line transect and ...

Vegetation Sampling Plot Sizes and Shapes - GLOBE.gov

However, you can also define a circular quadrat with a radius cord. ... transect to form a continuous belt (continuous quadrats), or series of quadrats.

Does It Matter Whether to Use Circular or Square Plots in Forest ...

In studies assisted by remote sensing, the shape of the plot used to fit regression models (typically circular) often differs from the shape of the population ...

Influence of tree spatial pattern and sample plot type and size on ...

Fixed-radius circular plots, belt transects, and variable-radius plots were installed by simulation. Bootstrap sample means, coefficient of variation (CV) ...

Terrestrial Plant Community Sampling - CLU-IN

A belt transect is a line transect with width. It is essentially a long, thin quadrat or can be divided into zones (each of which act as plots).

Comparison of visual estimation and line-point intercept vegetation ...

Three 0.5 by 0.5 m (0.25-m2) quadrats were randomly placed inside every circular plot, and a 15.24-m transect was established along the plot as ...

Comparison of fixed area and distance sampling methods in open ...

... belt transects, have been used to improve habitat coverage ... (2004) compared systematic random sampling with circular plots and transect ...

Sampling Techniques Influence Understory Plant Trajectories After ...

For this comparison the number of sampling plots in each unit was as follows: 20 point-intercept transects, 10 Dauben- mire transects, 8 belt transects, and 4 ...

HowTov3_List.pdf - Frames.gov

The FIREMON Analysis Tools program will allow summarization and comparison of plots ... Quadrats and belt transects are used to provide estimates of density for ...

Vegetation Analysis in the Field

We describe a plot as any two-dimensional sample area of any size. This includes quadrats, rectangular plots, circular plots and belt- transects (which are ...

Plot-based or Quadrat Techniques - University of Idaho

Belt transects, sometimes called strip quadrates, differ from line transects as they have a larger and specifically defined width. A line transect is a narrow ...