| Background
Project Summary
Survey Type
Sample Sites:
Jeannie's High Trail
Jeannie's Low Trail
La Congreja Trail
Comparative Conclusions
Reference |
Jeannie's High Trail Transect was located in a
damaged forest area. |
Project
summary:
To
determine whether a system needs repair it must be surveyed.
Many methods of surveying have been developed over the years.
While each of them are effective and important in their own way,
just any survey technique could spell disaster in this situation.
The density of a rain forest is generally thick and the density of
a damaged forest area is nearly impassable due to the thick undergrowth.
A complete count of every tree in the stand would be very labor
intensive and time consuming. For
this reason a modified version of the variable-area transect was chosen.
It combines the flexibility of a variable plot size and a maximum
number of stems. For this
reason, the survey technique can be tailored to the project.
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