OLFM: Robyn Reudink
An ecological study of chronic kidney disease in five Mesoamerican countries : associations with crop and heat
A: “An ecological study of chronic kidney disease in five Mesoamerican countries: associations with crop and heat”, from the Library at Thompson Rivers University Hansson, Erik. Mansourian, Ali. Farnaghi, Mahdi….
Data Collection and Reflections near Oyster River, BC
To date I have made two trips to my study area, which contains three different habitat types (ages of forest). I surveyed all three habitats for bird species on both…
Concepts and Theories for my Research Project
This study that I’m working on will primarily focus on avian species richness and abundance as a response to anthropogenic disturbance (sound pollution from the nearby shooting range). This touches…
Blog Post 1: Observations of Bow Park
On February 23rd at 3:45 pm PST, I made my initial field observations Bow Park in Victoria B.C. The Park itself is roughly 1000m2 and is comprised of a large…
Data Collection Reflections
So far on my project, I have completed five counts for each of the three ponds. This has allowed me to gather a baseline idea of the species richness before…
Blog #4 Virtual Forest Sampling
For the virtual forest sampling tutorial I used the area method. Systematic sampling was the fast approach (12 hours, 36 mins) followed by Haphazard sampling (13 hours, 5 mins) then…
Research design beginnings
In blog post three I thought I would try to see if there was a correlation between salmon carcasses and species richness, however this will prove difficult to get a…
Sampling Strategies
After running the three types of tests the results said that subjective sampling would take the longest amount of time at 12 hours and 44 minutes, although this is only…
Field Observations at Polson Park
Polson Park was chosen as an area of study for its convenient access for regular field visits, as well as its ecological diversity. This 13.5 hectare public park contains areas…
Continued Field Observations, Vegetative Structural Layers Between Slope Aspects
Over the past few weeks, I have returned to Nose Hill Park a few times, trying to narrow in on a biological attribute to study. I have finally pinned it…