THE TRANSECT. 



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segments of a transect on tHe same sheet, when the width is not too great 

 (fig. 48). . 



It is obvious that the belt transect, like the chart quadrat, is greatly en- 

 hanced in value if it is made permanent. The latter is readily done by means 

 of careful blazing in woodland areas, but in grassland or in alternating wood- 



Edge of Forest 



Fig. 48, — Belt transect through forest of lodgepole pine, bare bum and half bum. 

 Long's Peak, Colorado. 



