Ecological Studies of the Vegetation of the Great Smoky Mountains: II. The Quadrat Method Applied to Sampling Spruce and Fir Forest Types
Cain SA. 1935. Ecological Studies of the Vegetation of the Great Smoky Mountains: II. The Quadrat Method Applied to Sampling Spruce and Fir Forest Types. The American Midland Naturalist. 16(4):566-584
The author describes two forest types, then proposes a method of sampling arborescent strata by minimum area quadrats. The quadrats are determined by species area curves.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Cain, Stanley
- Units
- GRSM
- Keywords
- arborescent strata, Ecology, Forest Types, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, GRSM-01472, NC, Plant Studies, TN