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A point-intercept transect at
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Land Bird Monitoring point |
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ISLAND-WIDE PLANT COMMUNITY MONITORING AT LAND BIRD POINTS
Management Objective:
To maintain or increase the health of Santa Catalina Island's plant communities.
Towards this goal, track the cover and species richness of these communities
long-term throughout the island.
Monitoring Methods:
Eighty point-intercept transects have been established and read, each at pre-existing
bird monitoring locations. Any additional plant species growing within a 30 by
5 meter area surrounding the transect are also listed, as in CNPS survey protocols.
A subset of these transects are read every year and all transects are read every
third year in order to track changes in plant communities island wide.
Collection Frequency:
Once per year in the months of March through June (each of eight routes are read
in the same month each year).
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