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.