

Ground cover - humus, is it litter or bare-ground?
In some highly productive systems, forests and woodlands with dense sclerophyll understorey for example, you may come across a highly...


Lerp and leaf damage - tricky...
The Lerp damage indicator in the BCM method has presented some difficulties of interpretation in the field. Originally designed to pick up...


Regeneration Scores in Direct-seeded or Tube-stocked areas
Regeneration in the BCM method refers to natural regeneration from the existing seedbank. Therefore seedlings or juveniles that are...


One quadrat or two?
Sometimes a 30m x 30m quadrat is not sufficient to cover the variation and patchiness inside an area of bushland. The more open the...
The Cover estimation 2-step, 3-step, 4-step...
Using cover estimation as a measure of abundance or the "amount of x" is often seen as the Achilles' heel of BCM, with groups of...
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We are currently updating the BCM database, with the help of Brian Knill, a long time member of the NCS and author of numerous...


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