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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,…