Study of Insect Abundance and Diversity in a Grassland and Woodlot Habitat

On September 28 2015, the research group performed an experiment that focused upon the insect abundance, and diversity, in the grassland surrounding Stong Pond, as well as the Saywell Woodlot, on the York University campus. The study was performed between 3:00pm and 4:30pm when temperatures were 20 degrees Celcius and conditions were cloudy and very humid. It had also been raining prior to when the study was performed. A quadrat was used to analyze 10 locations in the grassland and 10 locations in the woodlot. Although locations were randomly selected, they were well spread out and covered the varying conditions throughout both environments. The only tool used in the field experiment was the quadrat as all the counts and categorization of insects into specific taxa were done with a visual examination of the site. Michael Chu, Diana Pik and Aisha Choudhry helped with obtaining the field data.

2015年9月28日，该研究团队于约克大学校园内开展一项旨在探究Stong塘周边草地与Saywell林地昆虫丰度及多样性的实验。本次实验于当日15:00至16:30间进行，当时气温为20摄氏度，天气多云且湿度极高，实验开始前曾出现降雨。实验采用样方（quadrat）法，分别对草地的10个采样点与林地的10个采样点开展分析。尽管采样点为随机选取，但分布均匀且覆盖了两种生境中的各类环境条件。本次野外实验仅使用样方工具，所有昆虫计数及特定分类类群的鉴定工作均通过对样地的目视检查完成。迈克尔·楚（Michael Chu）、戴安娜·皮克（Diana Pik）与艾莎·乔杜里（Aisha Choudhry）协助完成了野外数据采集工作。