Gopinath ji Firstly it is quadrat and not quadrate When I used to take my my lecture on practicals instructions, I used to tell my students it is quadrat and not quadrate and pl quadrats and not quadrates. Unfortunately even then at least 30 per cent of students would have these wrong spellings in their record books.
The simplest and quickest method of vegetational survey in a large area is line transect method (Line intercept method) where one can calculate percentage coverage of different species in different layers and plot it on a graph sheet also. One wanting to study vegetational changes along a gradient can use belt transect and lay quadrats (1m x 1m for herbs, 5m x 5m for shrubs, 10m x 10m for trees) at regular intervals to collect desired information. You may please write your exact requirements to get precise information. Alternately you may get hold of Barbour et al. Terrestrial Plant Ecology, where these methods are discussed in detail. Ecology Workbook by R. Misra is also very useful. -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 5:59 AM, Gopinath Mali <oiasis2...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Friends, > > Please let me know that which is the best quadrate method to survey grass > lands for the herbs, shrub, tree etc. If anybody have more information > about it please tell me. > > Thanks > > Gopi....... >
