subquadrat
nounEtymology From sub- + quadrat.
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A subsection of a quadrat (area of land)
- Only 3 of 270 subquadrats were remeasured. In addition, some of the discrepancies in the seedling counts may be due to difficulty in replicating the exact borders of the 7 m x 7 m subquadrat in which seedlings were counted.1997, Cara Ritchie Nelson, Hemlock Regeneration on the Nicolet National Forest, Wisconsin: