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Ongoing Observations
Organisms Studied: I plan to study the activities of native wildlife species found in the Okanagan Region, including whitetail deer, black bear, coyote, bobcat, cougar, elk, moose, rabbit, and skunk….
Blog 1
Agu Onyinyechukwu, blog post 1 I am studying an area close to my apartment, the vegetation is a grassland with few trees, shrubs and plants with yellow flowers scattered around….
Theoretical basis of my research project
Blog Post 7: Theoretical Perspectives My research primarily focuses on bird species present in varying topographical sites and therefore relates to trends in the occurrence of bird species within specific…
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The observation time was far longer than I had anticipated, which was the first difficulty I encountered while making graphs and tables. After around 10 days, just a few blooms…
Blog Post 7: Theoretical Perspectives
My project is comparing the number of arthropod species on trees of different conditions. Overall, I am looking at if the different tree conditions create a more desirable habitat that…
Blog 9
This entire field research project was a fantastic learning experience. I learned a lot of new things, such as sampling strategies and data collection techniques. I wouldn’t say I needed…
Blog 7
For my research, I had to consider a few factors and other variables along with sunlight being my explanatory variable. Cloudy days – There were a few days when the…
Blog 6
Data collection was relatively simple, with only a few hiccups. In my experiment, the explanatory variable was sunlight, so at the start of data collection, I had to determine the…
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It was not difficult for me to decide on a sampling technique or how to collect data. As I stated from the beginning. Because the research area I chose was…
Sampling strategies
Fastest sampling time was with systematic sampling. Slowest sampling time was with haphazard sampling. In figured out during this experiment that species abundance is…