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The technique with the fastest sampling time was systemic (sampling along a gradient).
Systemic: 12hr 7m
Random: 12hr 40m
Haphazard: 13hr 1m
% Error respectively
Eastern Hemlock, Sweet Birch, Striped Maple, White Pine.
Systemic: 17.9%, 46.8%, 28.6%, 197.6%
Random: 14.0%, 68.1%, 100%, 98.8%
Haphazard: 2.15%, 2.13%, 54.3%, 42.9%
Accuracy decreases with decreasing species abundance. As seen above, the first two numbers represent common species accuracy whereas the second two numbers represent rare species accuracy.
Based on the data I collected, haphazard seems to be the most accurate. This was likely due to my selection of quadrants to sample. I chose quadrants that were spread out and sampled all regions of the area. Haphazard could have decreased in accuracy if I chose to select quadrants that did not represent the whole area.
ok good summary!