Lab 4 Data - Quadrats and Bait Traps near Danby Woods

This data was collected on two different days, on October 13, 2013 and October 20, 2013, from 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm. The location was the grasslands (Oct. 13) and the woodlots (Oct. 20) in and around Danby Woods, in the York University Campus. On October 13, 2013, the weather was 16°C, and using the Beaufort Scale, the wind was determined to be mildly windy through the experiment. (Source: http://www.accuweather.com/en/ca/toronto/m5g/october-weather/55488?monyr=10/1/2014) On October 20, 2013, the weather was a cooler 12°C, and using the Beaufort Scale, the wind was determined to be mildly windy, growing windier as the experiment progressed. (Source: http://www.accuweather.com/en/ca/toronto/m5g/october-weather/55488?monyr=10/1/2014) For the grasslands (Oct. 13), quadrats were set up in low, medium and high disturbance areas, and data was recorded for high, medium and low disturbance areas. Each disturbance level had 10 quadrats repeated.Each quadrat was analyzed for roughly 3-4 minutes. Data regarding the area in the quadrat, such as grass length was recorded, along with the different animals that were captured. Bait traps containing sugar and cookies on a piece of paper towel were also set up in low, medium and high disturbance areas of the grasslands on the same day, and were left for about 1.5 hours. Each level of disturbance had 3 bait traps set up.The different animals that were in the bait trap were recorded. Next week, on October 20th, quadrats and bait traps were set up in the woodlot in Danby Woods. Similar to the previous setup, areas of low, medium, and high disturbance were selected and data was recorded after analyzing the quadrat for 3-4 minutes. Each level of disturbance had 10 quadrats repeated in different locations. The data comprised of the insects found in the quadrat. On the same day, bait traps containing sugar on a piece of paper towel were set up in low, medium and high disturbance areas. Each bait tra was left for 1.5 hours, and each level of disturbance had 3 different bait traps set up. The different animals that were caught in the bait trap was recorded.