Sources of Scientific Information

The article I have chosen is called Ecosystem Experiment Reveals Benefits of Natural and Simulated Beaver Dams to a Threatened Population of SteelheadĀ  (Oncorhynchus mykiss). As the title suggests, this…

Research Reflection

Looking back on my study design and research, I am pretty happy with how everything worked out. There are multiple changes I would make if I were to do this…

Tables and Graphs

My table was relatively easy to put together because I was able to use R to create it. As I only had 3 categories to show differences between, it was…

Theoretical Perspectives

My project is based on theories of biodiversity within cities and how cities can bring back native fauna to the city. Urban environments cause areas to lose biodiversity because few…

Field Research Reflections Reid Marriott T00716013

Typically, in courses I have taken I am either doing an assignment in which I am designing or explaining theory such as a paper or I am carrying out a…

Reid Marriott Blog 8 Tables and Graphs T00716013

Below is my graph from the species richness data from my study from the two-treatment areas (Fig. 1.). I did not have any difficulties organising, summarizing, or aggregating my data….

Post 7: Theoretical Perspectives – Taylor Munro

The theoretical basis of my project is a study (using a very small sample size) of optimal fungal growth. Fungus plays an extremely important role in the ecosystem as decomposers…

Theoretical Perspectives Reid Marriott T00716013

My research project looks at the plant species richness in two areas of an urban park. As species richness is the number of species in a given area (Freedman, 2014)…

Reflections and Thanks

I really enjoyed getting to do some work in the real world and test out a hypothesis while consulting relevant course materials and articles. This process really helps to connect…

Graphical Represantation of Number of Birds Present at Various Ambient Temperatures

Below is the graphical representation of point count observations made at Polson Park in Vernon, B.C. There were a few challenges in organizing the data as originally, I had tried…