Appalachian National Scenic Trail plot-based forest monitoring protocol / Geri Tierney [and three others].
Electronic resources
Record details
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (vii, 102 pages) : color illustrations, color maps.
- Publisher: Fort Collins, Colorado : U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Natural Resource Stewardship and Science, 2013.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "February 2013." |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 21-22). |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Background and introduction -- Sampling design -- Methods -- Data management and analysis -- Reporting -- Operational requirements -- Literature cited -- Appendix A : APPA plot-based forest monitoring datasheet (Version 1.04) -- Appendix B : Slop table -- Appendix C : Indicator species -- SOP 1. Safety -- SOP 2. Preparation and equipment list -- Sop 3. Using the Global Positioning System (GPS) -- SOP 4. Data management & quality assurance/quality control -- SOP 5. Segment selection -- SOP 6. Site selection and plot establishment -- SOP 7. Photopoint procedures -- SOP 8. Stand and site measurements -- SOP 9. Tree measurements -- SOP 10. Microplot measurements -- SOP 11. Coarse woody debris measurements -- SOP 12. Quadrat measurements -- SOP 13. Landscape context -- SOP 14. Analyzing and reporting ecological integrity. |
| Source of Description Note: | Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (NPS.gov website, viewed August 10, 2020). |
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| Subject: | Environmental monitoring > Appalachian Trail. Forest monitoring > Appalachian Trail. Appalachian Trail. |
