On December 1st at 3pm, I collected my second set of field data. The replication of this collection was comparable to that of my initial data collection. In each of the three locations—the grasses, the shrubs, and the forest—I took three quadrant samples. I began the collection process earlier than I had originally planned to allow for the time it would take me to randomly choose which location to observe by taking quadrant pieces out of a hat. The issues that I had during the initial data gathering I did not have this time.
Last but not least, the increasing rain and snowfall appeared to have made the soil less dry. In contrast to my original collection, my quadrant corners (the straws) were able to infiltrate the earth as a result. In this collection, I might have seen a pattern. In contrast to the first collection, this one included a bullfrog that I saw. In the grass, on the edge of quadrant one, the bullfrog was discovered.
This is the quadrant closest to the busy road. The pattern I’ve found is that there are less Vancouver Island tree frogs overall, which may be related to the bullfrog’s existence. During the second data collection, I only noticed a Vancouver Island tree frog in the shrub region in quadrant two. This is a quadrant on the other side of the pond from the observed bullfrog.