subquadrat

English

Etymology

sub- +‎ quadrat

Noun

subquadrat (plural subquadrats)

1. A subsection of a quadrat (area of land)
   • 1997, Cara Ritchie Nelson, Hemlock Regeneration on the Nicolet National Forest, Wisconsin:

     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.