Good Quantifying Variables In A Field Setting Research Paper Example

Introduction

The site selected for the study was a forest. A forest can be described as a wide area under either natural or manmade plantations or some other woody vegetation. In this case the forest chosen was a naturally occurring forest. The forest contains different combinations of some indigenous species of trees with other insects and wild animals. The site boundary was the perimeter of the entire forest, that is to say the whole area under the cover of the natural vegetation.
Within the forest, a plot of 100m2 was chosen from the site and marked with some flag-posts connected with ropes to form a square so that one could be able to operate within the plot. The plot measured 10m by 10m; this produced a square plot for the operation. The main organisms in the plot were crickets and pine trees. These can be classified in a biological classification as shown below

Pine trees: pinus densiflora

Kingdom: plantae
Division: pinophyta
Order: pinales
Family: pinaceae
Genus: pinus
Crickets: juvenile Gryllus campestris
Kingdom: Animalia
Division: Arthropoda
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Grylloidea
For the classification of the pine trees the variable that was used to do the classification was the circumference of the truck of the pine trees one meter above the ground. To get the circumference of the pine trees, a tape measure calibrated in centimeters was used. However, for the classification of the crickets, the variable that was used was weight in grams.

Methods

Results
The measurements of the circumference of the 20 pine trees and 15 crickets collected were summarized below
As can be seen from above graph, the circumference of the pine trees within the plot in the forest site was between 30 and 55. This can show that the forest contain a mixture of both old pine trees and the tough ones.

The measurements of the weight in grams of the 15 crickets collected were summarized below

As can be seen from above graph, the weight of the pine trees within the plot in the forest site was between 3 and 7 grams. This can show that the forest contain a mixture of both mature and young crickets.
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