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Data Collection

I have visited two sites in the creek and collected five flow rate measurements for each. The one problem I see myself having is keeping track of where I have…

REFLECTIONS

My study looks at the relationship between water availability along a moisture gradient and its role in influencing vegetation spatial organization patterns within my study area Baldry Creek Park. Another…

BLOG 8

From corrections on my previous, I made my table using the average temperature of the week I experimented instead of one particular day. I counted the number of Birdsfoot trefoil…

Design reflections

My sampling strategy was haphazard because I tried to show a gradient of flow rates. So I tried to choose areas with slow, moderate and high flow rates. This was…

Post 6- Data Collection

The backyard is my sample unit, and 10 quadrats were my subsamples. I sampled 10 replicates for three consecutive days. On day 1, during the morning 9 am, on day…

Post 5- Design Reflections

I used a random sampling strategy to collect my data. I have randomly selected 10 different quadrats and monitored the three factors, presence or absence of sunlight, water, and slope….

Blog Post #4: Sampling Strategies

Community Sampling Exercise — Results Summary — All Sampling Techniques Blog Post 4: Sampling Strategies    For the Virtual Forest Tutorial, the three sampling methods that I used are as…

Blog post 7: Plant Density, Suburban gradient & Passer domesticus

Blog post 7: Plant Density, Suburban gradient & Passer domesticus My study looks at the relationship between a common urban backyard bird; House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) and the suburban environment…

What did I choose to observe

I visited Diana Lake Provincial Park to observe and it is a 233 hectares provincial park located 16 kilometres east of the city of Prince Rupert in the North Coast…

Post 4- Sampling Strategies

The three sampling strategies used in the virtual forest tutorial are random, systematic, and haphazard. In total, 7 species were sampled. All three sampling strategies measured total basal area, density,…