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Continued Field Observations, Vegetative Structural Layers Between Slope Aspects
Over the past few weeks, I have returned to Nose Hill Park a few times, trying to narrow in on a biological attribute to study. I have finally pinned it…
Success of Douglas Maples
The last few times I have been out to my area of study I have adjusted the area of study. Instead of comparing the species diversity in a single square…
Reflecting on field survey design after first complete area survey
Since my blog post 3 ended up not being the study route I opted to pursue, I realized that I should touch on some of those post requirement here as…
Observations from Griffith Woods Park
On Saturday January 29th at approximately 15:30 I visited Griffith Woods Park located on the banks of the Elbow River in the southwest of Calgary, Alberta. The park has an…
Comparison of forest sampling strategies from virtual tutorial.
For the forest sampling tutorial, I used the distance-based method for all three sampling strategies (random, systematic, haphazard). The systematic sampling method was the fastest (4h 7 m) to survey,…
Ongoing field observations
While revisiting the spawning channels I became aware of how many different bird species were present and how abundant fish carcasses were throughout the channels. I identified three different areas…
Plants of the Rocky Mountains
The plant handbook that I’ve used for many years when berry picking in BC is the same one I find myself using for this course; Plants of the Rocky Mountains….
Monck Park Tributaries
The area of study I have decided upon is located in Monck Provincial Park located 20km from Merritt, BC. Upon first observations I was a little underwhelmed with the amount…
Examining ground cover across an environmental gradient in a second growth forest
On January 22, 2022, I returned to the same stand of second growth CWH forest (~ 80 years old) with the intention to examine ground cover across an environmental gradient,…
Source of Ecological Information: Spatial and temporal variability in summer diet of gray wolves (Canis lupus) in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
a) The source of ecological information I chose is titled “Spatial and temporal variability in summer diet of gray wolves (Canis lupus) in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.” I found this…