BIOL 2050 LAB 2 Abudance of white flowerig plant species within a 25 meter distance at York University Grassland.csv

<b>Description:</b><br>The following dataset illustrates the abundance of white flowering plant species in a 25m range, located at York University Grasslands.<br><b>Methods:</b><br>A transect was used to collect the data within the grassland. The 25m transect was placed in a straight line along a random patch of land in the area. One person was responsible for walking along the transect and identify the target plant species. Every time the target plant species would fall along the transect line, the distance from the transect to that plant was measured (in memters) and recorded. <br><b>Metadata:</b><br>The data was collected on York University Grasslands on September 20th, 2016. The weather appeared to be sunny with light clouds and no wind disturbance.<br><b>Target plant: </b>The type of plants that were observed were small, white flowering plants. <b>Distance of transect:</b> A 25m transect was set in a line along a random patch of land on the grassland. Once a target species fell on the transect line, it's distance from the base of the line (0 m) to the target species are measured. <b>Distance off transect line:</b> Although most plant species appeared to fall on the 25m transect line, some plants were seen to be a few centimeters away (maximum 5cm) from the original tansect line.

<b>数据集描述：</b><br>本数据集展示了约克大学草原（York University Grasslands）25米范围内的白色开花植物物种丰度情况。<br><b>研究方法：</b><br>本次数据采集采用样带（transect）法，在目标草原区域内布设一条25米长的直线型样带，沿线选取随机地块。由一名工作人员沿样带行进，识别目标植物物种。每当目标植物出现在样带沿线时，测量并记录该植物至样带的距离（单位：米）。<br><b>元数据：</b><br>数据采集于2016年9月20日的约克大学草原，当日天气晴朗，伴有少量云量，无风力干扰。<br><b>目标植物：</b><br>本次观测的目标植物为小型白色开花植物。<br><b>样带距离：</b><br>在草原随机选取的地块上布设直线型25米样带。当目标物种出现在样带沿线时，测量其至样带起点（0米处）的距离。<br><b>样带偏移距离：</b><br>尽管多数植物恰好位于25米样带沿线，但也有部分植物距离原始样带仅数厘米（最大偏移量为5厘米）。