Establishing a Transect

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MclghnP0H94

Summary

TLDRO método descrito no vídeo consiste en establecer transectos para recoller datos de vexetación e solo. Comeza definindo un punto cero, desde onde Michelle camiña ao longo do transecto indicado, evitando pisalo e axustando a cinta de medición ben tensa no chan. Nas áreas con vexetación leñosa, a medición realízase mediante pasos, deixando a cinta ben orientada e axustada a terra. Este método garante a recollida precisa de datos sen danar a área de estudo.

Takeaways

  • 📏 Establecer transectos permite a recollida de datos precisos de vexetación e solo.
  • 🧭 O primeiro paso inclúe identificar un punto cero con orientación específica.
  • 🚶‍♀️ A persoa que establece o transecto debe manter unha posición correcta para evitar pisalo.
  • 🔄 Michelle axusta a orientación ao chegar ao final de cada tramo.
  • 🔗 As cintas son fixadas firmemente ao chan para garantir medicións precisas.
  • 🌳 En áreas leñosas, empréganse metodoloxías alternativas para manter a exactitude.
  • 📐 Os pasos son fundamentais para manter a lonxitude do transecto.
  • 📌 A cinta de medición debe estar axustada e sen interferencias de vexetación.
  • 🪢 Realízase unha correcta alineación do transecto seguindo a orientación indicada.
  • 🎯 O uso de estacas axuda a manter a cinta no lugar axeitado durante toda a medición.

Timeline

  • 00:00:00 - 00:06:00

    Establecemento de transectos para a recolección de datos de vexetación e solo: Inicialmente identifícase o punto cero, a 330 grados desde o centro do terreo. Michelle camiña ata o punto inicial e desenrola a cinta en dirección indicada, manténdose á dereita para non pisar o transecto. Unha vez no final, tense a cinta e fíxase ao chan. Noutros casos, Michelle usa unha pica e fai o percorrido a pasos, colocando a cinta ao longo do terreo, evitando vexetación ou disturbios no solo.

Mind Map

Video Q&A

  • Que é un transecto?

    Un transecto é unha liña no chan ao longo da cal se establecen puntos de mostraxe para recoller datos de vexetación e solo.

  • Cal é o primeiro paso para establecer transectos?

    O primeiro paso é atopar o punto cero, por exemplo, a 330 graos desde o centro da parcela.

  • Como se asegura de que non se camiña sobre o transecto?

    A persoa que establece o transecto mantén o brazo esquerdo estendido cara á dereita do transecto.

  • Que fai Michelle cando chega ao final do transecto?

    Michelle dáse a volta, enfróntase a quen a dirixe e alinha a orientación correcta.

  • Que método alternativo hai en áreas con vexetación leñosa?

    Utilizan outra técnica onde unha persoa mide o transecto usando pasos e mantén unha alineación adecuada coa axuda dunha brúxula.

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    The method that I'm going to describe now is establishing transects.
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    The transect is a line on the ground along which sample points are established
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    for collecting vegetation and soil data. The first step to establishing transects
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    is to find is the zero point—in this case 330 degrees out from the center of the plot.
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    Michelle will walk out to the starting point.
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    After she reaches the start of the transect she'll roll the tape back up.
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    And she's going to plant the zero end of the transect at the start
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    and start walking out in the direction that I tell her.
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    While I'm keeping a sight on her direction, she's staying to the right the transect, left arm outstretched,
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    so that she doesn't walk on the transect itself.
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    Michelle reaches the end of the transect.
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    She'll turn around, face me, and I'll direct her into the
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    correct orientation. A little to your left, Michelle.
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    Looks good. She's pulling the tape is tightly she can
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    and at the same time staking it firmly to the ground.
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    Looks good.
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    After finishing setting the end of the transect, Michelle will
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    come back to the center the plot, staying well to the right of the transect.
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    In areas where woody vegetation makes pulling transects difficult,
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    we have another method for pulling out transects. I'm sending Michelle
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    to the start of the transect again, lining her up with the compass.
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    She's gonna put the stake in the ground,
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    roll up the tape, and then she's going to pace out to the end to the transect—
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    the approximate number paces it'll take to get there—
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    staying well right of the transect while she does so. As Michelle approaches the
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    end of the line I'll line her up.
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    It looks good. Michelle will place the tape on the ground
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    stake it to the ground through the handle with the reel side up
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    then attach the end of the tape to the PVC pipe
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    using a ring clip. Then she'll proceed walking towards zero end of the transect
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    with my guidance. As Michelle approaches the mesquite shrub she's gonna keep the
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    PVC pipe low to the ground,
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    keeping it underneath any of the woody vegetation
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    —at the same time avoiding any litter
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    or digging up any soil—and she's gonna walk around the shrub
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    and pull the pipe through from the other side. The whole time I'm keeping her
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    in line with the direction of the transect. michelle's gonna make her way
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    down to the zero end of the transect
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    using the pin as the guide, unhook the tape
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    from the PVC pipe then attach
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    the tape to the ground with the stake. And then she's gonna walk back out to the
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    end of the transect, staying well to the right
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    of the transect and tension the tape. When Michelle reaches the end of the line
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    she's gonna pull the stake out, pull the tape tight, keeping it low to the ground,
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    locking the handle down, an restaking it to the ground.
Tags
  • transectos
  • mostraxe
  • vexetación
  • solo
  • medición
  • metodoloxía
  • campo
  • cinta de medición
  • orientación
  • procesos