Week 3 Techniques & data: field training with plants

Meta-data:

 Adult
tree: An adult
tree of same species (eastern white pine)

 Dbh: diameter at breast height measured
in cm

 Canopy
coverage: 

0 - cannot see the sky from the canopy
coverage 

1 - can see a little bit of the sky from
the canopy coverage

2 - can see the sky pretty clear from
the canopy coverage 

Distance:
distance from one
tree to another measured in meters 

Methods:
Participants:
York University students from 2050 Ecology class

Day and time:
September 21st, 2016, between 3-4pm

Location: York
University woodlot, 200-300m away from Aviva Centre. The study site had
different tree species located in very close proximity to each other.  

Dataset:

Collected dataset for ten randomly selected adult trees of
eastern pine. Any eastern pine tree that was at least twice my own height (my height
is 5’2) was considered to be an adult tree. Transect measuring tape was used to
record the distance between two adult trees of eastern pine. Regular measuring
tape was used to measure the diameter at breast height for each tree. Canopy
coverage was studied for each sampled tree, by creating a square with my
fingers and holding it up to examine how much sky was still visible.