Knowledge graph centered on focal animal sampling with 71 nodes and 235 connections. Top connected: Ipomopsis, Ligusticum porteri, Delphinium, I. aggregata, Ipomopsis aggregata.
Standardized pellet count method for estimating deer density using systematic transect surveys with random placement. Identifies scat to species level where possible to distinguish herbivore types using a habitat.
Synthesized from method descriptions across 7 papers using this protocol.
Steps below were extracted from the most recent peer-reviewed implementation of this protocol in the corpus — Coyotes, deer, and wildflowers: diverse evidence points to a trophic cascade (2014), Naturwissenschaften. The protocol was originally introduced by The Landscape of Fear and Trophic Cascades: Does Human Presence at RMBL Affect Deer Behavior? (2010). Implementations in other papers (listed below) may differ.