Ecology2050 Grassland Dataset #1

Hypothesis: It is predicted that the more abundance of species in a square-meter area, the less rich that area will be, due to it being a hotspot for certain species of plants to thrive and outcompete other plant species.<br>Predictions: The higher the number of individual plants in a square-meter area, the less rich in plant species that area will be. The more abundant a species is, the higher the % of the area it will cover, and the less grass will be present. <br>A one meter-square quadrat was laid down on a grassland. An estimate by eye and calculations of the number of individual plants, the number of different species of plants, the % of plant cover, and the % of grass cover were each taken in that square-meter area.<br>The data was collected in the Danby Grassland, an open field, on a sunny late afternoon with a light breeze. There were no roads in the immediate area and was located next to a woodlot.