Vegetation survey in the steppic rangelands of Algeria.xlsx

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multi-site survey was conducted during the period of peak growth of vegetation
(late April-early May) in 2014. We selected five homogeneous sites in
grazing-excluded steppes and another five in freely grazed steppes. Within each
site, three 200-m linear transects (30 transects in total) were carried out.
Plant abundance and richness within each transect were estimated using the
Point-Intercept Method, which consists of registering all species touching the
nail every 20-cm intervals. The abundance of each species in each transect was
estimated from the number of individuals recorded along the same transect