Elective

• Involves recording of vegetation along the whole length of the transect line

  Continuous Transect
• Involves recording of vegetation at intervals along the transect line

  Interrupted Transect
• Conducted by laying down a transect and tallying the number of plant that intersects the transect

  Line Intercept Method
• Estimating Cover through Line Intercept Method


  $(total distance of species/total distance of line) *$$100$
• Quadrats are placed at regular sample points and the abundance of the organisms within each is recorded

  Belt Transect Method
• Involves use of square frame for outlining a sample area

  Quadrat Method
• Used in computing the frequency and density of a species within an area

  Quadrat Method
• number of species in the sample area

  frequency
• number of individuals of a species per unit area

  density
• $percent frequency =$ (# of quadrats in which a species is found/total number of quadrats)x100
• density = total number of species/sampling area
• relative percentage cover = (total percent cover of species/ total cover of all species)x100