OLFM: Robyn Reudink
Blog Post 7: Red Squirrels, Theoretical Perspectives
The theoretical basis for my experiment is the influence human disturbance has on communication between red squirrels. My hypothesis for my experiment is that the amount of human activity influences…
Ongoing Field Observations
For the field observation, I visited three locations at the University of Manitoba each location with a different topology, vegetation, and fungi species. I had initially started my field observation…
Theoretical Perspectives
My study project, which aims to better understand winter ecological dynamics, focuses on the possible influence of rowan/mountain ash trees on bird species abundance. This study’s theoretical underpinning is based…
Blog post 3
The Orange Hawkweed, or Hieracium aurantiacum as is the selected organism for analysis. It is classified as an invasive species. Within the chosen region, an apparent pattern extending from the…
Theoretical Perspectives
Three Keywords that would describe my research project are: -Wildlife sustainability -Backyard Gardening -Human/ Nature Connectedness My research project is focused on the effects of backyard gardening on wildlife …
Data Collection
I plan to use a total of eight replicates in each of the three areas of study (quadrant A1, A2 and A3) that I have divided in my front yard….
Design Reflections
For my field study, I have chosen to use Counts as my unit of data collection. Unfortunately, due to the season, data has been significantly limited. Since it is winter,…
Sampling Strategies
The Random Sampling technique took the longest, and was the least accurate overall. The Systematic Sampling Technique was the most accurate overall. The haphazard Sampling Technique was fairly accurate, but…
Post 2: Two Decades taken at speed – Sources of Scientific Information
BLOG POST 2: An article taken from the TRU Online Library Database: Dacks, J. B., & Ginger, M. L. (2023). Two decades taken at speed: genomics, cell biology, ecology, and…