Table III

Main monitoring methods for ground vegetation adopted by countries participating in the ICP-forests. For each method, number of countries, number of plot per country (range), number of field crews per country (range), number of subplots per plot (range) and size of subplot (range) are reported (compiled after: Anonymous, “ ground vegetation survey in the ICP Forest level II plots in all countriesε, available on the official web site of the ICP-Forests, National http://www.icp-forests.org/EPbiodiv.htm.). Note: one country may adopt more than one method.