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Rangeland Health
Rangeland Health
In 1994, the National Research Council Committee on Rangeland Classification Systems published a report addressing current methods and possible improvements to assess the status of rangeland resources. The report recommended that assessments be based on rangeland health, which embodies the degree to which the integrity of soil and ecological processes within the ecosystem are sustained. Proper functioning of these processes is assumed to ensure that rangelands have the capacity to produce commodities and satisfy values on a sustainable basis.
Quadrats
Quadrats
Quadrats are two-dimensional sample units of any size or shape. In some cases, a tape may be laid on the ground at each sampling location to define the quadrat, but more often the quadrat is a frame created from narrow steel or plastic piping and carried from one sampling location to the next. Quadrats are used to measure most vegetation attributes in most vegetation types.