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quad·rat  (kwdrt, -rt)
n.
1. Printing A piece of type metal lower than the raised typeface, used for filling spaces and blank lines. Also called quad2.
2. Ecology Any of a group of small, usually rectangular plots of land arranged for close study of the distribution of plants or animals in an area.
[Middle English, a square geometric instrument, rectangular area; see quadrate.]
quadrat [ˈkwɒdrət]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) Ecology an area of vegetation, often one square metre, marked out for study of the plants in the surrounding area
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Environmental Science) the frame used to mark out such an area
[C14 (meaning ``a square''): variant of quadrate]
quadrat
a plot of land, square or rectangular, marked off or set out for the study of plant or animal life.
See also: Animals
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Quadrat data were pooled to calculate condition indices.
Spatial patterns of wild oysters in the Hawkesbury River, NSW, ... by Summerhayes, Stephen A.; Kelaher, Brendan P.; Bishop, Melanie J. / Journal of Shellfish Research
Quadrat level metrics were more valuable for elucidating trends because transect level metrics were easily affected by slight differences in species composition year to year.
Monitoring tallgrass prairie restoration performance using floristic ... by McIndoe, Janna M.; Rothrock, Paul E.; Reber, Robert T.; Ruch, Donald G. / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science
2] polyvinyl chloride quadrats and collected invertebrates by sweeping within the quadrat with a 500-[micro]m mesh dip net.
Aquatic invertebrates as unlikely vectors of Buruli ulcer disease by Benbow, M. Eric; Williamson, Heather; Kimbirauskas, Ryan; McIntosh, Mollie D.; Kolar, Rebecca; Quaye / Emerging Infectious Diseases
 
 
 
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