Sampling Land Use Edge from Aerial Photographs - Line Transect vs. Circular Pattern

Robert Brooks; Karen J. Sykes; Karen J. Sykes

doi:10.2737/NE-RN-321

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Sampling Land Use Edge from Aerial Photographs - Line Transect vs. Circular Pattern

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Authors:

Robert Brooks, Karen J. Sykes, Karen J. Sykes

Year:

1984

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Northern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/NE-RN-321

Source:

Res. Note NE-321. Broomall, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 6 p.

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Abstract

Compares the diagonal line-transect and circular pattern for sampling land use edge. There were no significant differences in sampling efficiency.

Citation

Brooks, Robert T.; Sykes, Karen J. 1984. Sampling Land Use Edge from Aerial Photographs - Line Transect vs. Circular Pattern. Res. Note NE-321. Broomall, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 6 p.