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Reflection on Initial Data Collection
Blog Post 5: Reflection on Initial Data Collection For my ecological field study, I am sampling Athyrium filix-femina abundance by counting individuals growing in 1m² quadrats placed at various distances…
Blog post 4: Sampling Strategies
Sampling Strategies Tutorial Type of sampling Systematic Random Haphazard Red Maple (common) 8.6% 7.3% 18.5% White Oak (common) 38.3% 17.4% 17.9% Sweet birch (rare) 71.4% 100%* 100%* American basswood (rare) …
Blog Post 9: Field Research Reflections
This research project was a simple design by observing Black-capped Chickadee feeding preferences using two feeders placed at different distances from a privet hedge. This privet hedge was essential to…
Field Research Project: Table/Graphs
I had difficulty organizing the data points as I wasn’t sure what type of figure I wanted to create in this bird feeder preference study. Two bird feeders were placed …
Blog 2: Sources of Scientific Information
A. Article: “Characterization of Soil Microbial Biomass Carbon and Nitrogen in Four Forest Types of Shushan Urban Forest Park ” By Mimi Wang, Jun Cui, Haiyang Liu, and Xiaoniu Xu …
Blog 1: Central Park (Burnaby City, BC)
Sept.11, 2024 at 6:00pm, Season: fall, Weather: partly cloudy Central Park is a 86 hectare urban forest park in the middle of Burnaby City, BC. The park is named after…
Data Collection
So far, I have obtained observations on three different outings. Each time I have observed 5 reps of the 4 flower colours obtain 20 observations per site visit and a…
Sampling Strategies
The three sampling strategies I used in the virtual forest tutorial in the Mohn Hill Area were Random sampling, Haphazard sampling and Systematic sampling. When taking 25 samples on each…
Blog Post #9: Field Research Reflections
Designing and conducting a field experiment for my research on Northern Rice Root (Fritillaria camschatcensis) was an eye-opening experience, one that gave me an appreciation for the complexities of ecological…
Blog Post #8: Tables and Graphs
When I first approached my analysis of Northern Rice Root (Fritillaria camschatcensis), I encountered some challenges in how best to organize my data, particularly in terms of layout. My variables…