A Method to Determine the Minimum Number of Litter Traps in Litterfall Studies1

Ricardo Finotti; Simone Rodrigues Freitas; Rui Cerqueira; Marcus Vinícius Vieira

doi:10.1646/02152

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1 September 2003 A Method to Determine the Minimum Number of Litter Traps in Litterfall Studies

Ricardo Finotti, Simone Rodrigues Freitas, Rui Cerqueira, Marcus Vinícius Vieira

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BIOTROPICA, 35(3):419-421 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1646/02152

Abstract

Litterfall was collected in a 0.64 ha area for three months, using 25 litter traps. Resampling methods were used to calculate the total litterfall mass grand mean and coefficient of variation (CV) for each month using different numbers of litter traps (2–25). Based on the variation of those two statistics, it was possible to determine the minimum number of litter traps necessary to achieve accuracy (variation in grand mean) and precision (magnitude of CV).

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Ricardo Finotti, Simone Rodrigues Freitas, Rui Cerqueira, and Marcus Vinícius Vieira "A Method to Determine the Minimum Number of Litter Traps in Litterfall Studies," BIOTROPICA 35(3), 419-421, (1 September 2003). https://doi.org/10.1646/02152

Published: 1 September 2003

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