Environmental Change Network core measurements at Alice Holt Forest - vegetation

 

View map showing vegetation cover Alice Holt ^(114K)

Baseline survey data (once only)

300 systematical chosen plots (2m x 2m) covering the whole site. Species presence recorded then related to National Vegetation Classification (NVC).

Coarse-grain (every nine years)

50 randomly chosen plots from the original baseline survey:

• Altitude
• Aspect
• Slope form
• Land use
• Biotic effects
• Species presence
• Seedling counts
• Tree growth (height and diameter)
• Stand structure
• Linear features.

Fine grain (every three years)
  
50 plots located randomly within the NVC identified by the base line survey:

• Species presence
• Physical features
• Biotic features.