Standard Operating Procedure 2: Training Observers
Leis SA, DeBacker MD, Morrison LW, Rowell GA, Haack JL. 2022. Standard Operating Procedure 2: Training Observers. HTLN
This Standard Operating Procedure explains the preferred training procedures for all vegetation monitoring crew members. Pre-season and during-season procedures are described. Training procedures are in place to promote the following: (1) the identification of plants in both vegetative form and in flower; and (2) consistent estimates of foliar cover. Details on standardizing plant identification for problematic plants and foliar cover estimates are provided.
- Type
- Standard Operating Procedure
- Authors
- Leis, Sherry; DeBacker, Mike; Morrison, Lloyd; Rowell, Gareth; Haack, Jennifer
- Date of Issue
- 2022-11
- Publisher
- HTLN
- Units
- EFMO , GWCA , HEHO , HOME , HOSP , HTLN , LIBO , PERI , PIPE , TAPR , WICR
- Keywords
- fire ecology, monitoring, oak woodland, plant community, procedure, tallgrass prairie, vegetation, woodland
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Grassland/Herbaceous Communities , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Forest/Woodland Communities , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Vegetation Complex