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Determine Biologically Capable as a Function of Standing Residual Vegetation and Visual Obstruction for Selected Ecological Sites in the Dakota Prairie Grasslands
Author
Dustin Ford
Kevin Sedivec
Aaron Field
Dennis Whitted
Benjamin Geaumont
Chadley Prosser
Publication Year
2013
Body

Visual Obstruction Readings (VOR) is a non-destructive measurement of height and density (structure) determined using a Robel pole. VOR was used to determine if three ecological sites in the Northern Plains (loamy, thin loamy/limy backslope and claypan) are biologically capable of producing 8.89 cm (3.5 in) of structure.

Language
eng
Additional Information
Dustin Ford1, Kevin Sedivec1, Aaron Field1, Dennis Whitted1, Benjamin Geaumont2, Chadley Prosser3 --- 1North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA, 2North Dakota State University - Hettinger Research Extension Center, Hettinger, ND, USA, 3USDA - Forest Service, Dakota Prairie Grasslands, Bismarck, ND, USA