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Sources of Scientific Information

The source I found is called The Effects of Bird-feeding activities on the health of wild birds by Wilcoxen et al.  published in the Journal “Conservation Physiology” in 2015  …

Field Site Observations

I chose to use my backyard as my study location as frequent observations were more possible. My yard is located in Kelowna, BC. I made my initial observations on September…

Blog Post5: Design reflection

Did you have any difficulties in implementing your sampling strategy? What were those difficulties?  The only difficulty I faced when implementing my sampling strategy was ensuring that I consistently started…

Blog Post 2: Sources of Scientific Information

The source I chose is an article called Relationships between flora biodiversity, soil physiochemical properties, and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) diversity in a semi-arid forest. I chose this article because it…

Field Research Reflections

I had a lot of fun designing and carrying out my field research however I encountered many obstacles. In the early stages of designing my research, I was overwhelmed with…

SAMPLING STRATEGY

The sampling was done based on block and quadrant sampling. At two different elevations, the specific quadrants were chosen in which the lichens were chosen to be examined. In this…

FIELD OBSERVATIONS

In the field observations, there have been several patterns that have been noticed. Rough notes have been prepared for knowing the reaction of lichens on the elevation. for the same,…

SCIENTIFIC MATERIALS

There have been various research articles that have been read till date and some of them have been playing a vital role in understanding the role of them in making…

FIELD OBSERVATIONS

The location of the research was Shame Mountain. the accurate and site-specific nature of the information gathered. Details about the four locations described were the time, temperature, weather, height, slope,…

blog post 2: sources of scientific info

Radiation-mediated supply of genetic variation outweighs the effects of selection and drift in Chernobyl Daphnia populations    Citation Auld, Stuart (2022), Microsatellite marker data for Chernobyl Daphnia populations, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.0cfxpnw48   The…