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Tables and Graphs: Sample Means for Phragmite Density Categories
Create a blog post discussing your table or graph. Did you have any difficulties organizing, aggregating or summarizing your data? Was the outcome as you expected? Did your data reveal…
McConnell Lake, BC
Blog Post #1: Observations Field Visit #1. Date: 24-01-2023. Time: 1300 hr. Weather: Overcast. Temperature: 1 degrees Celsuis. Elevation: 1302.93 m. Location: McConnell Lake, BC. Coordinates: 50.5246 N, 120.4573 W…
Post 5: Design Reflections after Field Sampling
After reading through the sampling design tutorial and sampling the virtual forest, I had a better idea of what it was that I was sampling and how to go about…
Blog Post 5: Desgin Reflections
I am researching the American Coot and I initially wasn’t too sure what the sampling strategy should be since I wasn’t 100% on the hypothesis. After collecting my data, I…
Sampling Strategies of Virtual Forest Tutorials
Study units Type of sampling and % error Tree type (True Density) Systematic Random Haphazard Eastern Hemlock (469.9) 22.11 8.51 28.17 Red maple (118.9) 27.17 38.44 9.41 Sweet birch (117.5)…
Post 5 design reflections
For my project, I am studying the effect of competition for sunlight on the height of trees. For this study, I am looking specifically at the way competition for sunlight…
Blog 4: Sampling Strategies Compared
Blog #4 Haphazard sampling was best for identifying rare species, and I suspect an ecologist with a keen eye would enjoy even more success than I did. Depending on how…
How does a meandering river system shape the surrounding forest?
Walking along the trails and sitting by the river, I observed how complex riparian ecosystems are. At first I noticed that *generally* within 1m of the river, the rocks are…
Post 5
The main basis of my study is how the abundance of species changes with the presence/absence of water and topographical features. My data collection done in module 3 consisted of…
Sampling Strategies
Snyder-Middleswarth Natural Area Comparison of results: Fastest Sampling strategy : Area, Random or systematic (12 hr, 5 mins) Percentage Error: Area, Random or systematic (Quadrat (x+10,y+10)) Eastern Hemlock = (469.9-487.5)/487.5…