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Blog 2: Sources Of Scientific Information

Source of ecological information: 1979 Porsild A.E. Rocky Mountain wild flowers. National Museum of Natural Sciences. b) This book is non academic material c) this book is published information from…

Reflection of Field Research in Griffith Woods Park

My final field project looked very different then my original study design. Originally, I wanted to investigate if distance from the Elbow River effected Balsam Poplar and White Spruce seedling…

Turner’s Bog on-going observations

Ongoing Field Observations at Turner’s Bog Gorse (Ulex europaeus) is extremely competitive and displaces native plants, often creating a shrub layer where none existed previously. Established patches of gorse can…

Sources of Scientific Information

Effects of Nest Predation and Brood Parasitism on Population Viability of Wilson’s Warblers in Coastal California Jennifer C. Michaud, Gardali, T., Nur, N., & Girman, D. J. (2004). Effects of…

Deer Herbivory Data Collection

On April 9th I was able to sample 19 plots at my study site. This is in addition to the 5 previous samplings for a total of 24 sample plots….

McNeill Bay First Visit

I visited McNeill Bay on April 13th, 2022, from 18:42 to 20:10pm when the tides were almost at their lowest for the day, allowing for my exploration of the rocky…

Figure Balsam Poplar seedlings density in Griffith Woods Park

  The table I submitted for Small Assignment 5 was a graph that explored the relation between Balsam Poplar density in 2 m2 quadrats and soil moisture.  At first, I…

Ongoing observations from St. Vital Park

11th April 12, 2022, between 2:35-3:00 pm Weather was cloudy with blowing windy at 27km/hr at 3°C-4°C The water level reduced quite a bit and I identified that the soil…

Turner’s Bog Visit

This afternoon we visited Turner’s bog; a local wetland situated between the Costal Doug-fir & Coastal Western Hemlock Biogeoclimatic zones roughly 3.5km from my residence in Langford British Columbia. Turner’s…

Diverse effects of invasive ecosystem engineers on marine biodiversity and ecosystem functions: A global review and meta-analysis

Diverse effects of invasive ecosystem engineers on marine biodiversity and ecosystem functions: A global review and meta-analysis Guy‐Haim, T., Lyons, D. A., Kotta, J., Ojaveer, H., Queirós, A. M., Chatzinikolaou,…