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I tried to incorporate as many of the sampling strategies of the virtual forest tutorial as possible. However, due to the nature of my study some do not fit into the context of my investigation. Collecting data along the study transect is a systematic sampling. I collected data at all of the stations along the transect and could now apply a random aspect to the study by querying random samples from the complete data set. At each interval, I conducted an Area-sampling by analyzing data from a square metre sample. I am not concerned with specific species so the dispersion, succession and diversity sampling is not relevant. There are topographical and edaphic factors which undoubtedly impact the ecology of the area but they are outside the scope of my study.
