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