Field Experiment Data for Solo Survey

Meta-Data: The rep column is the number plots that I examined throughout my experiment. I survey one hundred 0.5mx0.5m quadrants in total. The date is when I collected my pilot experiment data for the solo survey, which was on October 20^th, 2020. The researcher who conducted this experiment was me, James Zabbal. The location where I conducted this experiment was in a path/forest area that is located behind my house in King City, Ontario. It has a variety of different plant species there and is located beside a pond. The species richness column is how many different plant species were in each quadrant I had examined. The plants in my data <i>include Trifolium prantense, Symphyotrichum novae-angliae, Rudbeckia, Solidago canadensis </i>and<i> Sinapis arvensis</i>. The total cover column was a rough estimate (by percentage) of how much of each quadrant was covered by plants. Near pond is if the data I collected for my replicates was beside the lake or not. Y = yes = 0-5 meters distance from the pond. N = no = 30+ meters from the pond. I collected the data for my experiment by picking a start point (threw a rock in the air and where it landed is where I started) on the path and using a measure tape, I measured 0.5mx0.5m quadrants for each data point I collected. To include randomization in my experiment, I used a random number generator. For every even number, I took a meter step forward for my next data point, and for every odd number I took a 2-meter step forward for my next data point. I took notes of the different plant species I saw in each quadrant, and then roughly estimated how much of the quadrant space the plants took up (plants vs open land/grass).

元数据：rep列代表本次实验中所调查的样方数量。本次调查总计设置100个0.5m×0.5m的样方。date列记录的是我开展单人预调查、采集试点实验数据的日期，为2020年10月20日。本实验的研究者为詹姆斯·扎巴尔（James Zabbal）。实验地点位于加拿大安大略省金市（King City）自家住宅后方的林间步道区域，该区域毗邻一处池塘，生境内分布有多种不同的植物类群。物种丰富度（species richness）列代表每个被调查样方内的不同植物物种数量。本数据集涵盖的植物类群包括红三叶（Trifolium prantense）、新英格兰紫菀（Symphyotrichum novae-angliae）、金光菊属（Rudbeckia）、加拿大一枝黄花（Solidago canadensis）以及田芥菜（Sinapis arvensis）。总盖度（total cover）列为对每个样方内植物覆盖面积百分比的粗略估算值。Near pond列用于标识对应样地是否毗邻池塘：Y代表"是"，即样地距池塘0~5米；N代表"否"，即样地距池塘30米以上。本次实验的数据采集流程如下：首先在步道上选取起始点——通过抛掷石块，以石块落地处作为起始位置，随后使用卷尺划定0.5m×0.5m的样方以获取每个数据点。为保证实验的随机性，我采用随机数生成器进行随机化处理：每遇到偶数，则向前移动1米以确定下一个数据点的位置；每遇到奇数，则向前移动2米以确定下一个数据点的位置。随后我记录每个样方内观测到的不同植物物种，并对样方内植物与裸地/草地的占比进行粗略估算。