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- My sampling method was using a 0.5 by 1.0-meter quadrat to measure the abundance of the Ivy in light and dark environments. There was not too much difficulty when collecting data this way as the results I observed were not surprising. It was a bit difficult to subjectively determine the percent cover but I marked my quadrat at 25cm and 50cm intervals to show an area of 25% to assist in judging the percent cover. Some replicates included other plants so observation of measurement had to be done without taking those into account. I am considering changing to a point count way of measuring as this may change the precision of my measurements but am wondering if this will be suitable for the English Ivy as some replicates had a large abundance that individual Ivy leaves would be difficult to count and I would need to determine what counted as a leaf being “inside” the quadrat. I will consider this however, percent cover did yield good results.
- will be as a comment 🙂
