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GIS vegetation cover quantification (Passeridae) — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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GIS vegetation cover quantification (Passeridae)

Subcategory: remote sensing

Papers: 1 | Mentions: 1

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 39 entities)

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Knowledge graph centered on GIS vegetation cover quantification (Passeridae) with 39 nodes and 125 connections. Top connected: Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Gothic, Colorado East River Valley, Salix lucida subsp. lasiandra, Potentilla gracilis.

Method synopsis

Digital mapping approach using GIS software to quantify percent willow cover within standardized buffer zones around survey points. Polygons of non-willow cover digitized to calculate proportional coverage.

Synthesized from method descriptions across 1 paper using this protocol.

Typical Equipment

GIS
ArcMap software

Output Measurements

percent willow cover
vegetation spatial distribution

Papers Using This Protocol (1)

Effects of Alpine Shrub Cover on Territorial Male White-Crown Sparrows Densities.

Species Studied With This Protocol

Castilleja sulphurea

Orobanchaceae1 paper

Aquilegia coerulea

Ranunculaceae1 paper

Mertensia oblongifolia

Boraginaceae1 paper

Potentilla pulcherrima

Rosaceae1 paper

Potentilla hippiana

Rosaceae1 paper

Potentilla gracilis

Rosaceae1 paper

Mertensia ciliata

Boraginaceae1 paper

Castilleja

Orobanchaceae1 paper

Castilleja rhexiifolia

Orobanchaceae1 paper

Castilleja miniata

Orobanchaceae1 paper

Places Where Used

Colorado East River Valley

Gothic

Colorado

Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory

study site1 paper

Virginia Basin

study site1 paper

North Pole Basin

Elk Mountain range

Paradise Divide

study site1 paper