OLFM: Nancy Elliot
Blog Post 1: Observations of Kamala beach, Phuket, Thailand
I have chosen to study public Kamala beach that is located on the west coast of Phuket island in Thailand (7.949606, 98.277419). It is a sandy/rocky flat beach with lots…
Post 4: Sampling Strategies
I used area-based sampling techniques to sample the Mohn Mill site in the virtual system. The systematic procedure was easiest method and requiring only 8 hours. I have calculated the…
Post 3: Ongoing field observation
when I visited the kitsumkalum river. I noticed how abundant ferns and mosses were in the forest. I observed moss in the sidewalk of beach and ferns on forested trails in…
Blog Post 5: Design Reflections
There were no difficulties implementing my sampling strategy. I chose to use a simple random sample technique with random points of observation using quadrats. I divided each tree into 1…
Blog Post 8: Tables and Graphs
I made two graphs to display the results of my study. The first is a line graph representation of the relationship between between the number of American herring gulls observed…
Glenbrooke Ravine Park
In order to support a literature review for my research paper, I sourced the report ‘Glenbrook Ravine Park Invasive Plant Management Plan’ dated June 17, 2019 (“The Plan”) from the…
Glenbrooke Ravine Park
Field Visit 1: September 20, 2022 at 4:30 p.m. on a sunny, 23 degree Celsius day. Glenbrooke Ravine Park (“GRP”) is a municipal park located in a dense residential area…
Post 1: Observations – Acacia Park
I have chosen to study Acacia Park in Fullerton, California. Acacia is a 8.6 acre (0.035 square km) park located within a neighbourhood in a dense, urban setting that was…
Virtual Lab using Different Sampling Strategies
Blog 4 I sampled the Mohn Mill site using area-based methods. I chose the site at random and chose area based because I thought it would be interesting to report…
Scientific Information
The online paper I found is titled Prioritizing weed species based on their threat and ability to impact on biodiversity: a case study from New South Wales (Downey et al., 2010)….