OLFM: Robyn Reudink
Blog Post 6: Data collection
(Blog post 6): Create a blog post describing your field data collection activities. How many replicates did you sample? Have you had any problems implementing your sampling design? Have you…
Sources of Scientific Information
Source Title: Modeling the Effects of Increased Hurricane Frequency on the Tropical Forest Carbon Cycle This is article is academic, peer-reviewed research material. Is the information written by an expert…
Observations
I’ve chosen a city park as my study location, the coordinates are 49.94157N, 97.10268W. This city park is approximately 96 acres in size. It features a witches hut, open grassy…
Front Yard Moss Data Collection
I have decided to not only measure the presence/absence data of moss in my front yard but more importantly the percent cover for each replicate. My data collection strategy/methods have…
Blog post 7: Theoretical Perspectives
Blog post 7: Theoretical Perspectives My research explores the relationship between the abundance of Athyrium filix-femina (lady fern) and soil moisture at Pierard Creek in North Vancouver. In my study,…
Ongoing Field Observations
Blog Post 3: Ongoing Field Observations Organism of Study: I am studying how different areas in my backyard affect the density of bird species during the fall and winter months…
Final Thoughts
Carrying out this project has been a bit of an eye-opening experience. I figured that my project would be relatively simple, and to a degree it was – just monitoring…
Effect of Human Activity on Squirrel’s Abundance
For the initial data collection, a simple random sampling strategy was used when observing squirrel behaviour in Central Park, Burnaby. Initially, I thought it would be difficult to do the…
Charts and Data
Organizing my data wasn’t terribly difficult as the data I collected is relatively straightforward, but I was surprised at how few weeds grew in the areas of medium and high…
Tree Species at Snyder-Middleswarth Natural Area
Tree Species at Snyder-Middleswarth Natural Area. Out of the three techniques Systematic sampling is the most efficient in terms of time spent sampling compared to the other two, at 12…