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Observations at a Planned Urban Park
This ecosystem is a small, planned urban park along the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Father Hennepin Bluff Park is roughly 8 acres in size and is designated as a…
Desierto de Los Leones Study Design Reflections
I went back to the Desierto de Los Leones National Park in Mexico City to continue my sampling. I’m focusing on a flower commonly known as the mountain rose (Eryngium…
Ancillary patterns: Burdock mysteries
Sampling has been going well but I have discovered that chokecherry bushes extend through much of the creek areas and surrounding park and so I am re doing my quadrat…
Design Reflections- Stockley Open Space
My study location is an open field that has a walking trail (linear disturbance) running through it. Upon walking along the trail on my first site visit I noticed that…
Sampling Strategies
The species in Snyder-Middleswarth Natural Area were measured to estimate their abundance. The estimated time for haphazard sampling, random sampling, and systematic sampling are 13 hours 26 minutes, 11 hours…
Final Research Reflections on Bird Species Richness in a CWH Forest.
My research project underwent many initial redesigns, from changing the study area to changing the organism being study. First, I’d say when given the choice, study something you like working…
Post 2: Journal of Animal Ecology
The article I choose is called Spatial scaling of gregarious host populations and nonlinearities in infectious disease transmission. From the Journal of Animal Ecology. In the article the authors investigate…
Ongoing Observations – Stockley Open Space
A second site visit was conducted to Stockley Open Space. Stockley Open Space is a 5.27 ha park in Kelowna, BC. A gravel walking trail runs through the middle of…
Blog Post 2: Sources of Scientific Information
A) The article I chose is “Mammal-mediated seed dispersal in Vanilla: its reward and clues to the evolution of fleshy fruits in orchids” by Emerson Pansarin and Kenji Suetsugu. In…
Blog Post 1: Observations in Prince George, British Columbia – Olivia Spooner
This area is a little more than 20 acres of my backyard that is located in Prince George, British Columbia. The area is called Cranbrook hill and the coordinates are…