OLFM: Nancy Elliot
Post # 5- Design reflection
In my initial planning, I chose five random quadrats in my backyard to study and examine the effect of mowing on the abundance of dandelions; however, for an unfortunate reason,…
Observations: Bow River Pathway
Blog post #1: Observations Date: 01/01/2023 (The beginning of a new year!) Weather: 1 °C, partly cloudy, no wind. (Winter, with spring like weather conditions) 1-2 cm of compacted snow…
BP #8: Generating a Graph
For my project, I’ve chosen to create a scatter plot graph to illustrate my data. I’ve mapped individual plant height on the x axis against the number of berries per…
Blog Post 9: Field Research Reflections
What a journey! I’ve finally come to the end of my field research experiment and it was certainly a valuable experience. I really enjoyed working through the entire process of…
BP #7: Theoretical Perspectives
My research project is based around investigating whether there is a relationship between the height of a snowberry bush and its berry load. I am interested in whether the taller…
BP #6: Data Collection
I completed my data collection across 3 sampling trips in late October and November (not counting the initial data collection). I was careful to complete my data collection before the…
Post 4: Sampling strategies
Systematic, Random and Haphazard sampling techniques were used in the area-based method in the virtual forest tutorial. The systematic approach was most effective in terms of timing. The Random was…
Ongoing field observation
I visited my backyard for a second observation on October 5th, and the temperature was 14c; the third time was on October 13th, and the temperature was 10c. I focused…
Blog Post 7: Theoretical Perspectives
My research project is about observation of high and low tides and the activity of white and grey herons at Kamala beach in Phuket, Thailand. My hypothesis is that level…
Table Reflection
I found it hard to sort all of my data. I had a lot of data to summarize and didn’t realize that we were only submitting one visual for all…