Protocol Overview:
- Find a patch of knotweed to monitor.
- Estimate the size of the patch.
- Lay a transect across the patch and place quadrats at even intervals along the transect.
- Scan your quadrat for ants.
- Identify the species of knotweed as Japanese, giant, or a hybrid species.
- Count and record the number of knotweed stems in the quadrat.
- Estimate the height of the tallest stem.
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