National parks: 06pindrop.jpg - public domain image
Summary
Vegetation ecologist demonstrates how to set up a plot and conduct the network's vegetation monitoring. A pin (shown near ground, striped red and white) is dropped from the measuring tape above and used to identify plant height in one of three categories: field, subcanopy, and canopy.
Tags
coronado national memorial
arizona
sonoran desert network
national park service
vegetation monitoring
national park service alice wondrak biel
vegetation ecologist
network s vegetation
plant height
three categories
national parks gallery
high resolution
ultra high resolution
Date
2011
Source
National Parks Gallery
Link
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