OLFM: Nancy Elliot
Sampling Strategies using the Virtual Forest Tutorial
The sampling strategies used in the virtual forest tutorial were Haphazard sampling, Random sampling and Systematic sampling. The fastest sampling strategy was Systematic with an estimated time of 15 hours…
Ongoing Field Observations
I have changed the location of my field study as my original location was too far away from my house to gather multiple data reps over a duration of time….
Blog Post 2: Sources of Scientific Information; Mosses Study
Boominathan Mohanasundaram, Sona Pandey, Effect of environmental signals on growth and development in mosses, Journal of Experimental Botany, Volume 73, Issue 13, 16 July 2022, Pages 4514–4527, https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erac138 The paper is…
Blog Post 1: Observations
The location which I have chosen for my Field Research Project is Mount Douglas Beach in Victoria, BC. The beach is northeast-facing facing with a hill of shrubbery and trees…
Blog Post 6: Data Collection
Samples were taken from 4 different locations on the South, North and Thompson rivers every 5 days from late January to early Febuary. At each location, a 2×2-meter sample site…
Blog Post 5: Design Reflections
The major difficulties with data collection for this project were the variations in temperature and freezing of the river for most of January. Originally I hoped to collect data over…
Blog Post 4: Sampling Strategies
Individuals collected for each species: Random/systematic sampling: Eastern Hemlock = 537 Sweet Birch =120 Yellow Birch = 100 Chestnut Oak = 104 Red Maple =162 Striped Maple = 50 White…
Sampling Strategies
I used random, systematic, and haphazard sampling as mh three sample techniques in the virtual forest tutorial. At 13 hours and 16 minutes, the systematic sampling method—which was carried out…
Observing Squirrel Behaviour in a Suburban Backyard in Newmarket, Ontario
Observing Squirrel Behaviour in a Suburban Backyard in Newmarket, Ontario Note: for some reason over the past week. I have been unable to access the course website on my computer…
Design Reflections
I collected my initial data on 8 Feb 2024 between 17:15 and 17:45. The temperature was around 5 or 6°C and it was cloudy and damp. I kept my field…