The 2008 Joint Meeting of the Society for Range Management and the America Forage and Grassland Council.

Wednesday, January 30, 2008
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An Analysis of Techniques for Measuring Plant Density and Cover in a Sonoran Desert Ecosystem

Eddie J. Alford, School of Applied Arts and Sciences, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus, 7001 E. Williams Field Rd., 340 G. Wanner Hall, Mesa, AZ 85234

Various techniques have been used to measure vegetation cover and density in the sparse vegetative types such as the Arizona Upland Subdivision of the Sonoran Desert. Several of these techniques were evaluated for with respect to variance, repeatability, and resources needed for completing measurements.

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