Figure 3
From: Forest edge disturbance increases rattan abundance in tropical rain forest fragments
Representative rattan abundance measurement protocol. All rattan stems encountered along a 3 m long by 1.8 m high transect facing north were counted unless they were noted to arise from a previously encountered rattan clump. In addition, each counted rattan stem was classified as ≤3 m or >3 m in height/length. This procedure was then repeated for identical transects facing the other three cardinal directions with all transects originating from a central point. Finally, this entire process was repeated in the remaining three corners of each plot and the 16 transect values summed to gain an overall representative value of rattan abundance per 20 m2 plot.
