Northern Research Station

Title: Sampling Land Use Edge from Aerial Photographs - Line Transect vs. Circular Pattern

Author: Brooks, Robert T.; Sykes, Karen J.

Date: 1984

Source: Res. Note NE-321. Broomall, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 6 p.

Station ID: RN-NE-321

Description: Compares the diagonal line-transect and circular pattern for sampling land use edge. There were no significant differences in sampling efficiency.

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Brooks, Robert T.; Sykes, Karen J.  1984.  Sampling Land Use Edge from Aerial Photographs - Line Transect vs. Circular Pattern.   Res. Note NE-321. Broomall, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 6 p..