A laser point frame to measure cover

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 557-560

  VanAmburg, L K ^a,b   Booth, D T ^c   Weltz, M A ^a,b   Trlica, M J ^d  

^a USDA ARS ^*

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c USDA ARS High Plains Grasslands Research Station   (United States)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Bare ground measurement; Magnetic point frame; Pin frame; Point sampling

Indexed keywords

LASER; RANGELAND; SAMPLING; VEGETATION COVER;

POACEAE;

EID: 26844509165     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/1551-5028(2005)58[557:ALPFTM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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