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Covariation in plant abundance and diversity estimators in an old field herbaceous plant community

LaJeunesse, Katherine J.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=muhonors1177560873

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2007, Bachelor of Science, Miami University, College of Arts and Sciences - Botany.
In this study, non-destructive surrogate methods of sampling aboveground plant biomass were compared to actual measured aboveground biomass. The frequency and the percent cover of each species were correlated with species biomass of each plot. The estimated Leaf Area Index (LAI), transmittance of light through the canopy, total additive frequency, and total additive percent cover were each correlated with the total biomass of each plot. Percent cover was the most highly correlated with the biomass of each species, while LAI was the most highly correlated with the biomass of all plants in each plot. In a case study, the methods that had been found to be most closely correlated with biomass also resulted in diversity correlations and richness correlations similar to those correlations with biomass. The additive percent cover of all species within a plot resulted in misleading correlations with diversity when compared to diversity-biomass correlations.
Martin Henry Stevens (Advisor)
38 p.
non-destructive sampling; aboveground plant biomass; frequency; Leaf Area Index; LAI; light transmittance; diversity-biomass; richness-biomass

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  • LaJeunesse, K. J. (2007). Covariation in plant abundance and diversity estimators in an old field herbaceous plant community [Undergraduate thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=muhonors1177560873

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • LaJeunesse, Katherine. Covariation in plant abundance and diversity estimators in an old field herbaceous plant community. 2007. Miami University, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=muhonors1177560873.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • LaJeunesse, Katherine. "Covariation in plant abundance and diversity estimators in an old field herbaceous plant community." Undergraduate thesis, Miami University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=muhonors1177560873

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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