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Photo points are permanent general view photographs (landscape or feature photographs) which provide a qualitative record for documenting and evaluating vegetation changes over time. Photo points are useful for detecting large changes in vegetation structure and for visually documenting measured changes. They are retaken from the same location and filling the same frame each time, allowing for a consistent comparison of changes between years.
Photo points are typically used in combination with other monitoring methods and are regularly used as a standard part of monitoring for documenting:
Photo points are a great visual technique for document landscape changes. However, in shrub ecosystems it can sometimes be difficult to see small changes over time. In many instances this method may require taking the photographs at the same time each year to avoid seasonal fluctuations when comparing photos. Because it is a qualitative technique, comparing photographs requires personal interpretation.
Video from the USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range
Photo plots: Photo plots are also photographs that are retaken from the same spot and filling the same frame each time the photograph is repeated, however they are photographs taken of a defined small area (a plot) and are taken from a specific height, unlike photo points which are taken at a larger, landscape scale.
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