Ecology Lab 2, Section 7 Grasslands data set

The experiment conducted on the 20th of September 2016 at York University in the grasslands was to examine if their was any relationship between vegetation percentage and the amount of sunshine present in a 1 meter by 1 meter area unit. Method: Quadrats were thrown at random 25 times in the grasslands of York University. Once thrown, the number of plant species, individuals of all the plant species, vegetation percentages and grass percentages were taken. Hypothesis: There is a correlation between vegetation percentage to the amount of sunshine present. Prediction: There is a positive correlation between sunshine and vegetation percentage. Quadrats that were randomly thrown at places with more shade had less vegetation percentage and more grass percentage while quadrats thrown at places with more sunshine had more vegetation percentage and lass grass percentage. This prediction was made due to the fact that plants need sunlight to go through photosynthesis and produce its own food to survive. Meta data: -The quadrat thrown was a 1 meter by 1 meter quadrat -The number of plant species in this quadrat were recorded -Plant ratios to grass ratios were recorded -Total number of individuals of all plant species were recorded in the 1 meter by 1 meter quadrat -Plant species included Canadian Goldenrod, Heath Ester,Butter and Eggs,Common Thistle and Late Purple Aster -There were a few small tree species but since the scientific name wasn’t known tree was just used -The data was then put on an excell sheet and uploaded on figshare.com