Paper 1 · vegetation survey methodology
In a vegetation survey, what is the name for the diagram used to display the distribution and abundance of species along a transect, drawn as a series of stacked bars whose width represents percentage cover?
Model answer
kite diagram
Also accepted: kite diagrams
Explanation: A kite diagram plots each species as a symmetrical band along the transect line, with the band's width showing its percentage cover at each sample point, making it easy to see how species composition changes across the area surveyed.
Derived from ZIMSEC Geography Paper 1, June 2004, Q2
