In order to analyze the data for the 7 ecosystem functions between two habitat types (forest vs. pasture, for example) to address the questions, I am going to use the following statistical analyses: 1. Nested ANOVA, which will tell us the if there is a significant difference of the ecosystem functions between two habitat types. 2. Correlation matrix, which will tell us if there is an association between the microbial respiration and biological nitrogen fixation with the expression and activity of 5 extracellular enzymes. 3. Analysis of beta-diversity patterns of ecosystem functions by principle coordinate analysis (PCoA). 1. Nested ANOVA: Since the question says that “You have collected data on 7 ecosystem functions”, I am assuming I do not need to describe how I have got the data. As far as I understood I just need analyze the data by appropriate statistical method(s). The soil sampling protocol was designed to provide sufficient replication within and across land use types such that statistically rigorous techniques could be used for comparative analysis of the data for7 ecosystem functions. If I tabulate the data for statistical analysis, it should look like the following: Data on each of 7 ecosystem functions (nitrogen fixation rate/respiration rate/ alpha-amylase/lipase/protease/xylanase/pectinase) of two contrasting habitat types Forest Pasture Site-A Site-B Site-C Site-D Site-E Site-F Site-G Site-H Site-I Site-J X1 X4 X7 X10 X13 Y1 Y4 Y7 Y10 Y13 X2 X5 X8 X11 X14
This experiment was a success. The experimental procedure from the lab manual was followed. The right materials needed for this experiment was also used. Each group recorded the data of the name of species and percent cover for species in the three transects. After, the class data was assembled, pie-charts and bar graph were drawn from the data using excel.
Factors that may have affected the accuracy of the readings, may have been that the observations and recordings of all abiotic data was collected from one area rather than multiple sites within the area. The students involved in data collection, had no previous experience in the use of certain equipment such as the soil thermometer and refractometer, therefore, results may have varied significantly due to inadequate/improper use of equipment.
Explain how the ecosystem was affected by the missing species for each round of the demonstration.
larger vegetation zones to the way we should understand the ecology of the land scape.
Read "Lab 3: Biodiversity." This lab will allow you to investigate how various organisms alter their environments. Additionally, it will allow you to
Biomes are appropriate conditions for organizing the natural world because the organisms that live in them common constellations of adaptations, particularly the climate of each of the areas and the characteristic vegetation types that develops in these divisions. It should be understood that the climate is perhaps the most important in determining classes of individuals who may live in an area and the ways they should be amended to live under different conditions of temperature and precipitation and seasonal distribution of these factors element. Every place on Earth has its own climate, influenced by both macroclimate regions as the particular microclimate. The soils are very important because they are essential to determine the types of plants that will grow into a bioclimatic zone in partical, in addition, also as substrates for animals serve. In turn, the soils are heavily influenced by regional climate, as well as the geology of the bedrock. At the same time we have to keep in mind the diversity of plants like the flora just like the diversity of the fauna as well as the adaptation of both.
Name and describe the roles of the three main trophic categories that make up the biotic structure of every ecosystem. Give examples of organisms from each category.
In Area 2, the species with the highest dominance value was the Oregon White Oak (70.6%). Oregon White Oaks provide shelter, housing, and food to various animals as well. Diversity of birds is often higher in Oregon White Oaks than in an adjacent coniferous forest. Using the dominance data, it tells us that at this moment in time Oregon Oak and
World War Two, was a war that began in 1939 and ended in 1945. On September the 1st 1939, Britain and France declared war on Germany, following Germany’s invasion of Poland. Although Germany’s invasion triggered the war, the Treaty of Versailles also had a significant impact on the beginning of World War Two. In 1919, the Treaty of Versailles was created to bring peace to Europe after World War One. Due to the main terms of the Treaty, Germany had to accept the blame for starting WWI, pay for the damage caused in the war and some of their land was taken away. As this left the people of Germany unhappy, a powerful, infamous man named Adolf Hitler was voted in as Chancellor. He lead Germany into combat and gained help from his personal body
In 1995 the gray wolf (Canis lupus) was reintroduced into Yellowstone National Park. The park had been without resident wolves for 70 years prior, when they were killed off in the 1930’s. This meant that in those 70 years there was no research on the effects of wolves on the park’s ecosystem. In the decades since the reintroduction, research has been able to proceed and has found some amazing results. Not only did the reintroduction of wolves impact animal life, but it also had an impact on plant life. “In the past it was thought that an ecosystem was built from the bottom up... with plant life as the basis from which everything grew. Almost all conservation and reintroduction efforts were based on this idea.” (Mission: Wolf Education vs Extinction)
Today there are many issues on the topic of adoption—should the child have rights to see his or her biological parents? Is it wrong to cut off all ties between the child and parent? What about the child’s past, and why was he or she adopted? These are all issues to be concerned with, along with many others. There are plenty of people who have thought on these issues and have even studied into it. Each case will have a different outcome, of course, but overall it seems to lean toward the fact that it should not be legally made mandatory for adoptive parents to allow biological parents’ access to the children they gave birth to.
My best friend, Emely, lived 2 blocks away from our school. Because we were too young to walk home by ourselves Emely's mom picked us up and took us to her house. Usually, I would stay at school until 6:00 pm until my mom picked me up; we were taking finals therefore we were early dismissed and my mom had no other choice but to let me go to Emely's house until she got off of work.
Class input data into excel and a class mean and standard deviation was gathered from both wetlands for each species. Excel was used to produce the mean and standard deviation for all data, then graphed for ease of interpretation.
to determine differences (if any) in densities of native and non-native birds relative to the type of vegetation present. Two native vegetation areas and two non-native vegetation areas were studied (i.e. four areas in total).