I am going to study the forest resources survey which covers the quantitative and qualitative analysis of vegetation. In this connection, I would like to know what the sampling methods should be and how to know the number of sample for the entire study i.e. how to select the sampling location to have optimum area coverage. The study area falls under the arid tract with tropical thorn forest. So, please help me to finalize the methodology and minimum number of samples. Which methods would be suitable?
To get a good overview of a forest structure, plotless sampling like the point centered quarter method may be a good way. It is fast, it doesn't need a lot of equipment to carry around.
Hello, You could use the fractal methodology to study tropical forest.
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/304497177_Fractal_analysis_for_studying_the_evolution_of_forests
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/299489963_Determining_forest_fund_evolution_by_fractal_analysis_Suceava_-_Romania
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