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Blog Post 8: Visualizing Data
After I collected my first transect experimented with how best to organize it my data. I knew that I’d be analyzing it with a free program I found called JASP…
Design Reflections – Chickadee Behavior
For my research project, I am studying the feeding behavior or chickadees. I first became interested in this topic as chickadees would come ‘dive’ at me during my walks at…
Reflections
During this field study I had some issues at the beginning with narrowing down the best research project for me and how to conduct this research in the field. One…
Tables and Graphs
When creating my tables and graphs, I noticed a surprising trend with my data that in total, the same amount of bird species were observed in closed canopy habitats and…
Response of Karakoram-Himalayan glaciers to climate variability and climatic change :A regional climate model assessment
a) say what the source is (and/or link to it) The source of ecological information that I chose is the following journal article. Kumar, P., Kotlarski, S., Moseley, C., Sieck,…
Blog Post 7: Theoretical Perspectives: Invasive Species Changing Zonation and Finding Niches
My research project looks at the distribution of forest floor plants in relation to canopy coverage and moisture, with nearby trees serving as a proxy. I suspect that zonation is…
Blog 1 Observations.
Hi Everyone, March 22, 2023. Weather 7 degree C, Sunny, Cloudy. Terrace, British Columbia, Canada. For my field project I visited Lakelse Lake Park. It is located in Terrace, British…
Blog Post #9: Field Research Reflections
As I conclude my field research project, I have a few thoughts on how the project was conducted and notes for future studies. Successes: Established multiple predictor variables of Chloroflexus…
Ongoing Observations
I’m going to explore the differences between T1, the planted and weeded tier, with T2 and T3, the cleared but natural tiers. On further exploration, there are denser patches of…
Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis in Riparian Systems
The basis of my research project is the relationship between natural disturbances and species richness. The river creates a natural opening in the canopy that can be occupied by species…