Knowledge graph centered on line intercept method (Aves) with 44 nodes and 135 connections. Top connected: Artemisia, A. tridentata, Artemisia tridentata, chickens, All Chickens.
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.
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