OLFM: Nancy Elliot
Post 6: Data Collection
My data collection has been going smoothly. I have been able to find time almost every day to spend approximately an hour doing spot counts across the three locations in…
Blog Post 1
The area I have chosen to observe is a small bluff overlooking the Thompson River behind my house in Kamloops, B.C. The specific area I observed is about 1500 sq.ft….
Theoretical Perspectives: Lizard Study
Theoretical Basis of my Study: One theoretical perspective of my study is the ecological perspective, which emphasizes the interactions between an individual and their environment. My research also uses the…
Post 5: Design Reflections
While designing this study I ran into several difficulties while implementing my sampling strategy. Firstly, I needed to figure out a way to quantify the ‘busyness’ of human activity in…
Post 4: Sampling Strategies
Blog Post 4 Which technique had the fastest estimated sampling time? For this tutorial I used the area based method and I found that the technique that had the fasted…
Blog post 5: design reflections
Did you have any difficulties in implementing your sampling strategy? What were these difficulties? Yes. What I struggled the most with was designing a sampling strategy that would be appropriate…
Blog 2
a) The paper I have chosen as a source of ecological information is titled: Do Nitrogen and Phosphorus Additions Affect Nitrogen Fixation Associated with Tropical Mosses? Link: https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/12/7/1443 b) This…
Blog Post 5: Design Reflections
1. Did you have any difficulties in implementing your sampling strategy? Yes, I did have trouble implementing my sampling strategy. 2. If yes, what were these difficulties? Was the data…
Blog Post 5: Design Reflections
Did you have any difficulties in implementing your sampling strategy? If yes, what were these difficulties? Choosing what type of sampling strategy I would use was a bit difficult, as…
Blog Post 4: Sampling Strategies
Blog Post 4: Sampling Strategies In the virtual tutorial, I used the area-based method on the Snyder-Middleswarth Natural Area for this exercise with 20 plots were sampled for systemic…