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Blog Post 9: Field Research Reflections
For my field research, I investigated whether the presence of spotted towhees (Pipilo maculatus) is influenced by variation in shrub cover within Garry Oak woodlands in Beacon Hill Park, Victoria,…
Blog Post 8: Tables and Graphs
I used the 3 days of data from my point count surveys of spotted towhees across sites within Beacon Hill park, categorized by shrub cover category (sparse, moderate, dense), to…
Blog Post 7: Theoretical Perspectives
My research project is based on the theory of habitat selection and how it can influence species occurrence. My hypothesis is that spotted towhee (Pipilo maculatus) presence is influenced by…
Blog Post 6: Data Collection
My field data collection involves randomly placing quadrats throughout the Garry oak woodlands of Beacon Hill Park in Victoria, B.C. stratified to get equal representation of 3 different relative levels…
Blog Post 5: Design Reflections
I encountered issues with my study design which prompted the need to make adjustments to it. It was pointed out to me that American robins like to inhabit a wide…
Blog post 4: Sampling strategies
Common species Systematic sampling percent error Random sampling percent error Haphazard sampling percent error Eastern hemlock 11.5% 44.5% 41% Red maple 4.3% 8.9% 22.6% Rare species Systematic sampling percent error…
Post 5: Design Reflections
While collecting my data I did not experience any issues or unforeseen challenges. What surprised me the most is that I did not see a more pronounced / obvious distribution…
reflection
I would like to emphasize the major shortcomings of this experiment here. First, only one observation point is set up for each habitat, and the sample space is poorly representative…
table data form
All of my table and graph from below data, using R and Excel to finish One-way ANOVA. habitat species count forest Downy Woodpecker 5 forest common raven 8 forest Black-capped…