This document is an introduction to the use of the point-centered quarter
method. It briefly outlines its history, its methodology, and some of the
practical issues (and modifications) that inevitably arise with its use in the
field. Additionally this paper shows how data collected using point-centered
quarter method sampling may be used to determine importance values of different
species of trees and describes and derives several methods of estimating plant
density and corresponding confidence intervals. New to this revision is an
appendix of R functions to carry out these calculations.Comment: 56 pages, 12 figures, 16 tables. Corrected typos. Expanded Appendix B
on Angle-Order Methods. Added Appendix D containing R functions to carry out
all calculations. Added references. Original version: 34 pages, 6 figures, 16
table