My SAGE poster will be submitted at the end of this week. I have made great improvements of its design over the past few weeks. All I have left to do is finish my capstone paper. I am just having some issue with how to conduct my common garden statistics on SPSS. Hopefully, I will … Continue reading Poster For SAGE And Overall Update →
I have finished collecting data in my common garden. I found that there is more growth in the mainland population compared to the island population. Now, I am working on my poster, paper, and statistics.
Once this month watering is done, I will be finished collecting data on the Torrey pines growth rate and heath within each treatment. High leaf litter and high water is still the highest rate of Torrey pine saplings occurring. My hypothesis of which treatments would work best for Torrey pine sapling growth is correct, which was … Continue reading Torrey Pine Common Garden Update! →
This past week, I have been editing and working on my capstone paper. I am going to work on my statistical data and my poster board during this week to be prepared for the SAGE conference coming up. Common Garden Update: My few saplings that have sprouted are still growing strong!
The common garden has shown no growth yet. This past weekend, I went to Owens Valley for my Water Resource Management class, so I had my friend Melinda water the plants and she found no growth. I am hoping to see some growth by the end of this week.
This past week, I was working on my results where I found that there is a decline in the Torrey pine population growth within the demography plots. It is quiet fascinating, in how Travis Hall and Andrew Brinkman found that the population was increasing with their data collection. Additionally, it will be interesting to see … Continue reading Results and Common Garden Update →
I have completed all of my data collection on Santa Rosa Island (SRI). I went to SRI for a whole week from January 12th to the 19th. My two partners, Karen Ramirez and Jazmine Cureno, and I finished collecting data from the demography plots, created by Travis Hall and Andrew Brinkman, and collecting SRI Torrey … Continue reading COMPLETED ALL DATA COLLECTION ON SRI! →
Last week, I was packed and ready to leave for Santa Rosa Island (SRI). In the rain, a group of us waited on the dock to leave. We were unable to depart from the dock, due to weather conditions. As a part of the trip, each of us would take turns cooking dinner each night. I cooked stew for 21 people… Since, … Continue reading Trip to SRI Update! →
I still have not heard back from Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve about my permits. I am currently trying to figure out alternative methods to conduct this experiment, if I do not recieve a collecting permit for that particular site. I am looking forward to returning to the lovely Santa Rosa Island in a week.
A part of my capstone involves conducting a common garden experiment on germinating Torrey pine seeds in different environmental settings. I will be testing the effects of leaf litter and precipitation on the Torrey pines population seedling survival and germination rate. I have learned this week that there will be room in the CSU Channel Islands greenhouse
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