Midway point

This is my halfway point of my project. It is not the complete thing but sort of a detailed outline that I will add to once it is finished

CLASSIFIED NAME Biodiversity Media Project 10/1/11

Urban Biodiversity and ecology are very important to the non-human population of an urban environment. Without a diverse environment, all plant and animal life would die out, as all life is dependent on each other. I chose to do this research team because I was interested in learning more about biodiversity and learning about the new technology that we would be using to collect and analyze data. This technology included HTC phones, forums, and Google spreadsheets. We would observe the plots of land in Theodore Roosevelt Park which we had chosen, and then enter the data into a Google spreadsheet. My null hypothesis was that the diversity in plot one was no different than the diversity in plot two.

Plot one was an open area with three trees, an oak and two unidentified trees. There was an abundance of grass and clover taking up the majority of the open space in the middle of the plot. Along the outside of the plot were various shrubbery and small plants. These organisms were obviously planted in an attempt to make the park look nice. There was also a large abundance of birds, and a few invertebrates and mammals. I estimated that there were 8 plant species, 1 species of fungi, 1 mammal species, 5 bird species, and one species of invertebrates. A major part of this plot was a hose that was connected to the building just behind the plot. It had a slight leak and made a puddle of water that was quite large. This puddle was the reason for the high number of birds there, since all of the organisms there, mammals or birds, used the puddle to drink. I think that this small puddle was comparable to an African watering hole or a suburban mall, as every member of the environment was “hanging out” there. Without this excellent resource in the plot, I do not belive that the biodiversity would have been as impressive. As far as my hypothesis went, I knew that the other plot was going to have to be very impressive in order to match up to this one and prove my hypothesis correct.

Plot 2 was also an open area with one tree, an abundance of grass and clovers taking up the larger part of the open space