Recent Posts
Post 1: Observations
28-01-2024 15:49 hours 200 acre forest – privately owned North Algona Wilberforce, Ontario 45°35’0″N 77°3’20″W 2°C (feels like 0°C), cloudy, 6km/h wind The area of interest is approximately 0.5 km…
Data Collection
15th April 2024, Temperature: 12°C My field data collection activities involve going into the field at 12:05 PM. I sampled 10 green ash trees by systematically selecting every alternate tree…
Ongoing Moss Field Observations
Blog Post #3 Ongoing Field Observations The organism I have decided to focus on for the field research project is the moss growing in my front yard amongst the grasses,…
Theorectical Perspectives
The ecological processes that my hypothesis touches on are floral organ development, photosynthesis, and growth regulatory factors that play a role in organ growth. A big aspect of my research…
Data Collection
April 11, 2024 Time: 11:10 am Abbotsford, BC Weather: 12 degrees and cloudy April 11, 2024 I’ve been collecting data on the abundance of dandelion plants on two sides of…
Design Reflections
I did the first collection of data on dandelions. I used a 30×35 quadrant and completed my data sampling with a stratified random sampling strategy. I generated random numbers and…
Sampling Strategies
The three sampling strategies; (1) haphazard, (2) random sampling, (3) systematic, were used on the virtual forest, Mohn Mill Natural Area. Systematic had the fastest sampling time compared to…
Ongoing Field Observations
The organism I want to study is the common dandelion (Taraxacum) I noticed that one half of my front yard has all the flowering dandelions and the other half does…
Design Reflection
While collecting data for Module 3 I noticed that the west bark side had the most amount of moss. West bark side is also more covered and therefore I am…