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Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park

During my field visits, I noticed that Redwood osier dogwood appeared more concentrated in the upland area that was further away from the human disturbance created by the intersecting walking…

sampling strategies

the outcomes of the three sample procedures I used in my virtual forest tutorial are in this blog post. The purpose was to evaluate the effectiveness and accuracy of different…

field observations

in my field observations, I began to study a peculiar organism which is locally known as Gal Gwan also known as Greyberry Stink Currant ribes bracteosum. with their unique traits…

sources of scientific information

the scientific resources which i will use for the research is from peer reviewed sources, the books written by authors on the area of my research and most likely from…

Observations of the area of Haida Gwaii, Canada

I have selected Haida Gwaii, BC, Canada as my selected area of research. Its approximate size is 500 kilometers. the area is so beautiful full of predominant forests. the floor…

Theoretical Perspectives

My research study focuses on how the pollution rate can effect the seasonality of leaves, for example how this will effect how soon or how late they fall off, if…

Sampling Strategies

The fastest estimated sampling time was systematic sampling at 12 hours and 36 minutes Systematic and random sampling percent errors were low for common species and very high for rare…

TABLES AND GRAPHS

I had no problems summarizing my data. However, I was confused regarding whether I should make a graph after doing my statistical (ANOVA) analysis or prior to that. I ended up…

Blog Post 8: Tables and Graphs

Based on the number of species and differing quadrants the data was initially difficult to display in a way so as to depict the result with any kind of clarity….

Blog Post 6: Data Collection

Sampling Replicates: During my fieldwork, I sampled 4 common plant species in areas known for historical high salinity, resulting from snow dumping along the creek. The plants were sampled once…