Grassland Dataset 1

Gunjan Bhayani. Group 1 The abundance of plant species in the grassland area at York University, Keele Campus was measured by setting up 1m X 1m quadrat on the ground. A quick count of all the plant individuals present in the quadrat was done to measure the total abundance of plants. Next, total number of different plant species present in the quadrat was measured by, doing a sum of all the species of plants in the quadrat including grass. Different grass-like species were counted as one. Later, total cover of all vegetation within plots in percentage, and total cover of grass in percentage were estimated. An estimate of what percentage of different species of plants covered the quadrat, not including grass was total cover of all vegetation. An estimate of percentage of grass that covers the quadrat helped determine the total cover of grass in the quadrat. This was repeated 15 times hence, 15 different quadrats were performed randomly in the grassland area.

贡詹·巴亚尼 第1小组。本研究针对约克大学基尔校区草地的植物物种丰度展开测定：首先在地面布设1m×1m样方（quadrat），通过快速计数样方内所有植物个体的数量以统计植物总丰度；随后统计样方内所有植物物种（含禾草）的总数，以此测定样方内的植物物种总数，其中所有类禾草物种统一计为1个物种。后续，本研究还估算了样方内所有植被的总盖度（以百分比计）与禾草的总盖度（以百分比计）：其中非禾草类植物物种覆盖样方的百分比之和即为所有植被总盖度，而禾草覆盖样方的百分比则为样方内禾草的总盖度。本实验流程在草地内随机布设15个独立样方，共计重复15次。