Theoretical Perspectives With Regard To the Effect of Ambient Temperature on Bird Activity in Polson Park

The scope of relevant factors and their relevance to this small project have become more apparent as research has continued. For example, although only studying the presence/absence of birds (point…

Data Collection for Effect of Ambient Temperature on Bird Activity

Data collection continued relatively smoothly throughout the observations in Polson Park. It was helpful to have chosen to record some data that I did not know for sure would be…

Design Reflections for Effect of Ambient Temperature on Bird Activity

A few reflections brought insight into what might have been changed in the replication of this study. Initial point count observations were made over the course of an hour, which…

Field Research Reflections – Desierto de Los Leones National Park

Getting started with the project was quite challenging, and I had a couple of false starts. I had a lot of trouble planning everything at first. I had to keep…

Post 6: Data Collection – Taylor Munro

Field data collection activities have been going smoothly (save for a few blackfly and mosquito bites from time to time). So far I have been back twice to my sampling…

Blog #9: Reflection

I definitely took a few detours at the start of my project; changed my mind as to what I wanted to focus on, picked a direction but then based on…

Blog #8: Graph

The following graph is a visual representation of the plant community structure by vegetative structural layer I found at my site. I really like this graph as I think it…

Data Collection

I went back to Father Hennepin Park on July 2, 2022 at 4 pm to continue my data collection. The weather was sunny and 29 C. I collected another 5…

Tables and Graphs – Desierto de Los Leones National Park

I went to Desierto de Los Leones twice to gather my survey data and collected t 45 replicates. After gathering all the field data in an excel sheet, I decided…

Initial Data Collection

The initial data collection was a bit more complicated than I expected. While the sample strategy was straight forward, the field work required was more than expected. The tributaries I…