OLFM: Nancy Elliot
Blog Post 5: Design Reflections on pollinators
I am conducting a study on pollinator abundance in areas that have been disturbed, specifically through lawn mowing, as compared to undisturbed areas. Throughout the process of collecting field data,…
Sampling Strategies
Blog Post 4: Sampling Strategies Which technique had the fastest estimated sampling time? I found systematic sampling to having the fastest sampling time, and haphazard sampling to have the…
Blog Post 5
Choosing the strategy to collect the data itself was slightly difficult as it is more of a categorical analysis that a statistical analysis. Every sampling strategy besides the haphazard strategy…
Sampling Strategies
The sampling results for the Virtual Forrest Tutorial is located here: blog 4 sampling results Sampling Type Estimated Sampling Time % Error 2 Most Common Species (density) % Error 2 Rarest…
Backyard Field Notes Blog 3
Identify – The organism being studied is Trifolium which is commonly known as clover. Observations along environmental gradient – Trifolium is growing in tightly packed bunches in the acidic soil under…
Blog Post 2 Scientific Information Source
The source of scientific information chosen is a book called Manitoba Birds. It is a field guide for Manitoba birders to identify different species of birds that live in the…
Backyard Field Notes
The area selected to observe in this field study is the backyard at 127 Regatta Rd. Winnipeg, Manitoba. Google coordinates 49.93883, -97.05229. The area is approximately 16.4m x 9.5m and…
blog post 3: field observations
I plan to study two types of trees, one with a high water intake, and the other with a low water intake. These two species will be bur oak and…
Sampling
Haphazard is the most efficient method in term of time spent on this sampling, because it took 13hours and 4minutes while the Random or systemic sampling had total of time…
Research project initial
The Organism that I plan to study are native plants on wetlands vs drylands. Its fascinating how they grow numerously in open sunny sites than in other places. This research…