plot size = 0.96 ft (in other words, 0.96 feet squared) Price Valley UPLANDS (lowlands-listed further down) g/frame kg/hectare Frame 1 11 2 0 3 0 4 9 5 0 6 12 7 1 8 5 9 10

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Given the following information, how do you caculate for the kg/hectare in the table?

Clipped Weights for Herbaceous Biomass
from Upland and Lowlands Site in Price Valley
collected 05-Sep-08
plot size = 0.96 ft (in other words, 0.96 feet squared)
Price Valley UPLANDS (lowlands -- listed further down)
g/frame kg/hectare
Frame
1
11
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
0
0
9
0
12
1
5
4
0
meter
squared=0.0892
sqm
Assumptions on HERBIOVORE of Choice:
Values presented here are fresh weights from the field.
The vegetation was about 60% dry matter on the uplands site.
and about 50% dry matter on the lowland site.
You will need to convert field weights to dry matter weight.
0,000; and to get, kg/hectare divide by 0.0892, then multiply by 10
Description of calculation of average grams per square Average grams per square
meter of dry matter of herbaceous biomass:
meter of dry matter of
herbaceous biomass:
Transcribed Image Text:Clipped Weights for Herbaceous Biomass from Upland and Lowlands Site in Price Valley collected 05-Sep-08 plot size = 0.96 ft (in other words, 0.96 feet squared) Price Valley UPLANDS (lowlands -- listed further down) g/frame kg/hectare Frame 1 11 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0 0 9 0 12 1 5 4 0 meter squared=0.0892 sqm Assumptions on HERBIOVORE of Choice: Values presented here are fresh weights from the field. The vegetation was about 60% dry matter on the uplands site. and about 50% dry matter on the lowland site. You will need to convert field weights to dry matter weight. 0,000; and to get, kg/hectare divide by 0.0892, then multiply by 10 Description of calculation of average grams per square Average grams per square meter of dry matter of herbaceous biomass: meter of dry matter of herbaceous biomass:
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