Insect Density in a Mowed Grassland vs Non-Mowed Grassland

Ecology students at York University collected a sample of insect population density in the mowed and unmowed grasslands along Pond road on Wednesday, September 30th at approximately 3:00-4:00 PM. The temperature was approximately 15 degress celcius with alot of wind and sun. 10 replicates of 1 meter by 1 meter quadrants were systematically placed 5 steps away from the previous quadrant in the mowed grasslands to manually observe the types of insects found and to manually count the number of insect of each speices. The same experiment was repeated on the unmowed areas of the grassland using the same method and tools.This experiment allowed us to compare the insect density in mowed grassland versus the insect density in an unmowed grassland. Common insects found in both grasslands were grasshoppers, crickets and flies.

约克大学（York University）的生态学专业学生于9月30日周三下午约3:00至4:00，沿庞德路（Pond Road）沿线的剪割与未剪割草原采集了昆虫种群密度样本。当日气温约15摄氏度，伴有较强风力且日照充足。研究人员以系统布设方式在剪割草原中设置10个1米×1米的样方（quadrant），相邻样方间隔5步，通过人工观测记录发现的昆虫类群，并手动计数各物种的昆虫个体数量。随后在草原的未剪割区域，采用完全相同的方法与工具重复该实验流程。本实验旨在对比剪割草原与未剪割草原的昆虫种群密度。两类草原中均常见的昆虫类群包括蝗虫、蟋蟀及蝇类。