line intercept method (Aves)

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Method synopsis

Measurement of shrub canopy cover using line intercept technique along established transects with height measurements of nearest shrubs to sampling points.

Synthesized from method descriptions across 1 paper using this protocol.

Procedure from a recent peer-reviewed implementation

Steps below were extracted from the most recent peer-reviewed implementation of this protocol in the corpus — Nest Success of Gunnison Sage-Grouse in Colorado, USA (2015), PLOS ONE. Implementations in other papers (listed below) may differ.

1. Shrub cover measurement using line intercept method
   Estimated shrub canopy cover using line intercept method. Measured height of shrub closest to Daubenmire frame at each sampling point. All vegetation data collected by same two individuals to minimize observer-based sampling error
   Quantities: 7 measurement points along 30m transectDuration: During vegetation sampling sessionConditions: Consistent observer methodology
   Equipment: measuring equipment for shrub height

Typical Equipment

• measuring equipment for shrub height

Output Measurements

• percent shrub cover
• shrub height

Papers Using This Protocol (1)

Species Studied With This Protocol

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