I am currently working with a group trying to create methods to monitor a very rare herbaceous plant found in a few, small populations on disturbance-prone, steep, montane slopes. The problem begins when actually trying to monitor increases/decreases in individuals plants within the populations due to the inherent disturbance caused when visiting populations. Just visiting the peripheral areas of each population excludes any data for the majority of each population. Not knowing how disturbance is affecting the current populations has lead to a temporary halt in all monitoring while other methods are explored. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to monitor these populations? Remote sensing is not a viable option. Thanks
Charles Britt
