FIELD GUIDE Monitoring Tigers, Co-Predators, Prey and their Habitats

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Broad
vegetation
and terrain
for the plot
Data Sheet - 3A
Vegetation (15m radius plot)
Name of Observer: …………………. Date: ………………… Forest Division……………. Range: ……………………
Beat: ………………………………… ID No. of Line Transect: ……………………
Plot
No.
Tree Species *
(Descending
Order of
Dominance)
Shrub Species/
Shrub like Tree
Species *
(Descending Order
of Dominance)
1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
Shrub
Abundance
0to4
0-absent to
4-very high
Weed/Invasive Species
(Descending Order of
Dominance)
1 2 3
Weed/Invasive
Abundance
0to4
0-absent to
4-very high
Canopy
Cover (0-1)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
*Bamboo more than 2m is entered in “Tree” category, less than 2m in “Shrub” category