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Blog Post 2: Sources of Scientific Information
Serré, S., Irvine, C., Williams, K., Hebert, C. E. (2022). Lake Superior herring gulls benefit from anthropogenic food subsidies in a prey-impoverished aquatic environment. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 48(5),…
Blog Post 1 : Observations
Date: July 10, 2024 Time: 1pm Conditions: Summer – Sunny, clear skies. 29°C Location : Private forested property in Mayo, QC Property size: ~300 acres The area I have chosen to…
Theoretical Perspectives
My research project looks at how proximity to trees effects ground plant diversity. This hinges on the concept of competition for resources such as nutrients, water, and sunlight between the…
Selecting a field site for sampling
My difficulties in implementing my sampling revolved around my work schedule. I was sent to a different town for work so I had to decide whether to choose a new…
Sampling strategy at Cambridge Bay
I plan to study vegetation as my sampling unit (percent ground cover and number of species observed). I have selected an area that was a landfill that was covered in…
Data Collection
I began my data collection by measuring the soil moisture in randomly selected locations. I measured twenty replicates and recorded whether the soil was dry or damp and the location…
Design Reflections
My initial data in Module 3 had too many variables that were confounding. The pond sizes are different, there are people at each park, however the activity levels are the…
Blog Post 8
I had a simple line graph illustrating all the different rose plant’s growth with different amounts of sunlight. Although, at first glance, it was hard to see that there was…
Blog Post 2: Sources of Scientific Information
Buchmann, C. (2009). Cuban Home Gardens and Their Role in Social-Ecological Resilience. Human Ecology, 37(6), 705–721. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25652742 1. I picked an editorial named “Cuban Home Gardens and Their Role in…
Post #1 observation
I decided to use our garden because I spend a lot of time in it, and I know I really will. This garden is very big, around 800 meters….