Sampling Vegetation Attributes. Identifying the appropriate sampling technique first requires the identification of the proper vegetation characteristic or attribute to measure. To do this the examiner must consider objectives, life form (grass, forb, shrub, or tree), distribution patterns of individuals of a species, distribution patterns between species (community mosaic pattern), efficiency of data collection from an economic standpoint, and accuracy and precision of the data.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture — Forest Service — Natural Resource Conservation Service, Grazing Land Technology Institute
U.S. Department of the Interior — Bureau of Land Management
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