Trip Report for Vegetation Monitoring at Padre Island NS 2019
Carlson JE. 2020. Trip Report for Vegetation Monitoring at Padre Island NS 2019. Gulf Coast I&M Network, Lafayette, LA
This 2-page brief summarizes the 2019 sampling trip for terrestrial vegetation monitoring at Padre Island National Seashore. There are 32 plots distributed across four 200 ha units within park, roughly evenly distributed from north to south along the island. Key metrics include species richness for both native and invasive species, per-species relative frequency, and per-species percent cover in nested subplots.