OLFM: Nancy Elliot
Post 9: Field Research Reflections – Colony Farms – Carolyn Francis
Working through a field study throughout the course was perspective-building. As I gained a deeper understanding of what was expected of me and my research, the research itself evolved. I…
Sources of Scientific Information
Aitken, Daniel A., Ian W. Hatter, Roy V. Rea, and Kenneth N. Child. 2021. “Vulnerablity of Yearling and 2-Year-Old Bull Moose to Two Antler Based Harvest Regulations in British Columbia.” Alces 57…
Blog Post 1: Observations
The area I have selected for this project is my family’s property. It is located about 20 minutes northeast of Lumby, British Columbia, in the Okanagan Valley. The area itself…
Blog Post 2: Sources of Scientific Information
Blog Post 2: Scientific Sources In the following paper we know that the authors are affiliated with the university as the third and fourth line on the first page of…
Blog Post 1: Observations
Field Journal 1 Blog Post 1 – Observations Date: 05-02-2023 Time: 16:35 Location: Along the Seine River river bank, Grande Pointe, Manitoba. Coordinates: (49.7752624, -97.0382921) Weather conditions: Windy weather (gusts…
Blog Post 4 – Sampling Strategies
I selected the Mohn Mill community for this exercise and used the Area method for the three sampling strategies. I was surprised to find that the sampling times for all…
Field Research Reflections
My design was largely implemented as planned; the only major change involved the use of a stratified random sampling strategy (using discrete phragmite density categories) in place of the simple…
Tables and Graphs: Sample Means for Phragmite Density Categories
Create a blog post discussing your table or graph. Did you have any difficulties organizing, aggregating or summarizing your data? Was the outcome as you expected? Did your data reveal…
Post 5: Design Reflections after Field Sampling
After reading through the sampling design tutorial and sampling the virtual forest, I had a better idea of what it was that I was sampling and how to go about…
Blog Post 5: Desgin Reflections
I am researching the American Coot and I initially wasn’t too sure what the sampling strategy should be since I wasn’t 100% on the hypothesis. After collecting my data, I…