The number of pins in a point quadrat frame.

Published online
01 Jan 1975
Content type
Journal article
Journal title
Journal of Applied Ecology
DOI
10.2307/2402223

Author(s)
Rothery, P.

Publication language
English
Location
UK

Abstract

Theoretical considerations indicated that it was possible to increase the precision of estimation of vegetation cover by reducing the number of pins in a frame while keeping the number of frame locations fixed; this resulted from the correlation between scores from pins in the same frame. The effect was demonstrated empirically using data from Festuca ovina/F. rubra/Agrostis tenuis grassland at Moor House nature reserve.

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