There were limited difficulties in implementing my sampling strategy next to weather conditions affecting my quadrant stakes. For the remainder of the sampling days I attempted to ensure either the stakes are solidly placed or that the wind speed was below 20km/hr so I wasn’t fighting staking, my hair, and paper flying away.
The data collected though appears to support my hypothesis, the connection was not as readily discernable as I imagined. I plan to administer the same collection method throughout the experiment as I believe it the best to support the hypothesis.