Blog Post 5: Design Reflections -JanineGarcia

During the initial stages of my field research project, I experienced a significant influx of thoughts and ideas that posed a challenge to maintaining focused attention on the specific aspect…

Mohn Mill Sampling-Janine Garcia

For the purpose of a virtual forest tutorial community sampling exercise, the Mohn Mill community was selected as the designated site. Spanning across 154 hectares, the Mohn Mill area is…

Blog Post 3

After conducting ongoing observations near building 365 at Vancouver Island University, I have observed differences in leaf damage percentage between Gaultheria shallon (Salal) and Daphne laureola (Daphne). In this study,…

Blog Post 2: Scientific

The article I am interested in is “Aboveground herbivory can promote exotic plant invasion through intra- and interspecific aboveground–belowground interactions” by Gao et al., which was published on October 5,…

Study Area: Vancouver Island University near Bldg. 365

The present study was conducted at Vancouver Island University, located in Nanaimo, British Columbia. The research area of interest is situated in close proximity to building 365, known as the…

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I decided to do a table for my small assignment submission 5. The first example in the tutorial for making tables and figures was an absence and presence table which…

Virtual forest sampling

  I selected Mohn Mill for my virtual forest sampling. Three techniques, Systematic, Random and Haphazard sampling techniques were used in the area-based method. Which technique had the fastest estimated…

Ongoing observation in the backyard

Location: My backyard in Winnipeg, Manitoba, 49.799020 and 97.14482282 Day: April 24th, 2023 Time: 15:30- 17:45 Weather: 5 degrees Celsius with a wind speed of 2.1 m/s and humidity 43%….

Post 2: Sources of Scientific Information

Title of the article: Ecology under lake ice It’s about how warming of earth is impacting the melting of ice and thereby effecting the ecosystem dependent on it.  APA citation:…

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The table and t-test results show the mean number of plant species observed in high and low elevation quadrants, along with their variances and sample sizes. The mean number of…