OLFM: Nancy Elliot
Blog 4: Sampling Strategies Compared
Blog #4 Haphazard sampling was best for identifying rare species, and I suspect an ecologist with a keen eye would enjoy even more success than I did. Depending on how…
Sampling Strategies
Snyder-Middleswarth Natural Area Comparison of results: Fastest Sampling strategy : Area, Random or systematic (12 hr, 5 mins) Percentage Error: Area, Random or systematic (Quadrat (x+10,y+10)) Eastern Hemlock = (469.9-487.5)/487.5…
Post 4: Sampling Strategies
Using the virtual forest, I chose to sample the Mohn Mill site, using random, systematic, and haphazard sampling methods, each with 25 samples (oops). The sampling method with the fastest…
Ongoing Field Observations: Burnaby Lake Regional Park
Identify the organism or biological attribute that you plan to study. The Coots Bird, Fulica americana, and I hope to study the colour of their feet and how they are…
Post 3 – Ongoing Observations at St. Patrick’s Island
Identify the organism or biological attribute that you plan to study. The attribute that I have chosen to study is the woody plant community on St. Patrick’s Island. Use your…
Food Limitation And The Adaptive Significance Of Clutch Size In American Coots (fulica Americana) by Todd William Arnold (1991)
A) say what the source is (and/or link to it): Food Limitation And The Adaptive Significance Of Clutch Size In American Coots (Fulica americana) By Todd William Arnold (1991) https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/61652217.pdf…
Change in Observation/Research Area
**Initially I was going to use Camrose Park as my area of interest. After thinking through the timeline I would like to change my research subject to the Coots (Fulica…
Observations Post: Camrose Park
Camrose Park is a ~1km in diameter leisure park situated in the suburbs of North Burnaby. There is a main trail that sits east to west with 2 different paths…
Post 4: Sampling Strategies
The three sampling strategies used in the virtual forest tutorial were systematic, random, and haphazard sampling. Systematic had the fasted estimated sampling time, and random had a very similar sampling…
Blog Post 3: Ongoing field observations
Identify the organism or biological attribute that you plan to study. The organism I plan to study is the Douglas Fir tree. 2. Use your field journal to document observations…