cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1566845
title: WK4. Techniques & data: field sample training with animals; Sweep Net Dataset

description: Data was collected at York University's Keele Campus in mowed and unmowed grasslands. The data that was collected was that on different species of insects, and their abundances, caught using a sweepnet along a 30m transect. This was done 5 times in unmowed grasslands and 3 in mowed grasslands. Each time the transect was placed 5 steps away (in the unmowed grasslands) and 2 steps away (in the mowed grasslands) from where the previous one was. While walking the distance of the transect the sweepnet was sweeped for approximately 4-5 minutes each time. At the end, the insects caught in the sweepnet were recorded and then let go. The data recorded included the species and abundance. This exact method was repeated for each of the 8 replicates.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1566847.v1
title: Insect Abundance within Grassland and Woodlots at York University

description: The quadrat was randomly set down within the observation site. The timer was set for 1 minute. The observation area was then inspected by the recorder's eyes at ground level for living insect activity, occasionally being stirred to ensure that every insect within the observation space was observed and recorded. The process was then replicated 20 times, for a total of 10 reps in the grassland area and 10 reps in the woodlot area. Authors were Nassar Khan, Kristine del Rosario, Kate Britanico and Mike Angelini
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1566844
title: Determining Insects Abundance on the Mowed and Unmowed grassland by using quadrat

description: In this experiment, various types of insects were determined on mowed and the unmowed grassland of York University, by using 1mm2 quadrat. This experiment was conducted on September 30 2015, at 2:30 pm with the help of my colleagues, Chris, Phaeba, and Alana. The weather was 19oC with a mix of sun and cloud and a little bit breezy. The area is located near the pond on the Chimneystack Road, behind Osgood Law School. For this experiment the quadrat was provided by the university. To begin with, the quadrat was placed randomly on the ground on the unmowed or mowed area and we tried to look for insects carefully in that quadrat. Whatever the type and number of insects were found in that quadrat, it was being recorded. This technique is repeated ten times at the different mowed and the unmowed areas. The purpose of this experiment was to determine where most of the insects would be found, either on mowed or unmowed grassland. We hypothesized that most of the insects would be found on the unmowed area because it has huge plant abundance as well as colored flowers that would attract insects. Whereas, the mowed area does not have any plant and it has only grass, so fewer insects should be observed in the mowed area. Thus, after conducting the experiment, we determined that our hypothesis is correct because we actually found many insects in the unmowed area, than the mowed area.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1566840
title: Lab 3 - Data set 3-Net Sweep in the grassland .

description: At York University on Wed Sept 30, 2015 at 2:45pm, the weather was partly sunny and the temperature was between 15-17 Celsius. Laboratory 3 datasets were done in the grassland located near Danyl Woodlot . Group one member consists of Loyal Tran, Anisa Amin, James Quach, Iiman Darman and Sajid, Alvi. But Anisa Amin, James Quach, and Liman Darman worked together to generate the data collected for dataset 3. Iiman Darman and Anisa Amin laid out the transect of 10 meters which is a constant length for this dataset 3 and James Quach used the net to sweep over the length of 10 meters in grassland area, this was replicated 10 times. And James and liman counted the number of insects to determine the total abundance and named the species to differentiate the types of insects to determine the RTUs values. Anisa Amin recorded the data on a note book so it could be generated on excel spreadsheet later. These roles changed for each member so everyone could get a chance to use the sweep net to see the different types of species within the grassland which helps generate the RTUs value.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1566848.v2
title: Bird Species Abundance in York University's Danby Woodlot

description: This experiment was conducted in order to determine the abundance of bird species in the York University Danby woodlot area.The procedure for this experiment consisted of repositioning a 10 meter by 10 meter belt transect square to 10 different locations in York Univeristy's Danby woodlot area (5 replicates in the woodland area and 5 replicates in the grassland area). The abundance was estimated by counting and identifying the number of birds presenting in the transect square within the time duration of 1 minute. Birds observed were located in the grass, trees or in the air flying over head. Birds were identified with Tory Person's field guide, "Field Guide to Birds of North America". The birds were identified based on their color, markings, size and which bird specieis were found to be most abundant in southern Ontario according to the field guide. The Danby woodlot site was abundant with plant life, skies over head were slightly clear with some clouds, temperature was roughly 15 degrees celsius and windspeed calculated with the Beaufort Scale.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1566844.v1
title: Determining Insects Abundance on the Mowed and Unmowed grassland by using quadrat

description: In this experiment, various types of insects were determined on mowed and the unmowed grassland of York University, by using 1mm2 quadrat. This experiment was conducted on September 30 2015, at 2:30 pm with the help of my colleagues, Chris, Phaeba, and Alana. The weather was 19oC with a mix of sun and cloud and a little bit breezy. The area is located near the pond on the Chimneystack Road, behind Osgood Law School. For this experiment the quadrat was provided by the university. To begin with, the quadrat was placed randomly on the ground on the unmowed or mowed area and we tried to look for insects carefully in that quadrat. Whatever the type and number of insects were found in that quadrat, it was being recorded. This technique is repeated ten times at the different mowed and the unmowed areas. The purpose of this experiment was to determine where most of the insects would be found, either on mowed or unmowed grassland. We hypothesized that most of the insects would be found on the unmowed area because it has huge plant abundance as well as colored flowers that would attract insects. Whereas, the mowed area does not have any plant and it has only grass, so fewer insects should be observed in the mowed area. Thus, after conducting the experiment, we determined that our hypothesis is correct because we actually found many insects in the unmowed area, than the mowed area.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1566845.v2
title: WK4. Techniques & data: field sample training with animals; Sweep Net Dataset

description: Data was collected at York University's Keele Campus in mowed and unmowed grasslands. The data that was collected was that on different species of insects, and their abundances, caught using a sweepnet along a 30m transect. This was done 5 times in unmowed grasslands and 3 in mowed grasslands. Each time the transect was placed 5 steps away (in the unmowed grasslands) and 2 steps away (in the mowed grasslands) from where the previous one was. While walking the distance of the transect the sweepnet was sweeped for approximately 4-5 minutes each time. At the end, the insects caught in the sweepnet were recorded and then let go. The data recorded included the species and abundance. This exact method was repeated for each of the 8 replicates.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1566845.v1
title: WK4. Techniques & data: field sample training with animals; Sweep Net Dataset

description: Data was collected at York University's Keele Campus in mowed and unmowed grasslands. The data that was collected was that on different species of insects, and their abundances, caught using a sweepnet along a 30m transect. This was done 5 times in unmowed grasslands and 3 in mowed grasslands. Each time the transect was placed 5 steps away from where the previous one was. While walking the distance of the transect the sweepnet was sweeped for approximately 4-5 minutes each time. At the end, the insects caught in the sweepnet were recorded and then let go. The data recorded included the species and abundance. This exact method was repeated for each of the 8 repicates.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1566848.v1
title: Bird Species Abundance

description: This experiment was conducted in order to determine the abundance of bird species in the York University Danby woodlot area.The procedure for this experiment consisted of repositioning a 10 meter by 10 meter belt transect square to 10 different locations in York Univeristy's Danby woodlot area (5 replicates in the woodland area and 5 replicates in the grassland area). The abundance was estimated by counting and identifying the number of birds presenting in the transect square within the time duration of 1 minute. Birds observed were located in the grass, trees or in the air flying over head. Birds were identified with Tory Person's field guide, "Field Guide to Birds of North America". The birds were identified based on their color, markings, size and which bird specieis were found to be most abundant in southern Ontario according to the field guide. The Danby woodlot site was abundant with plant life, skies over head were slightly clear with some clouds, temperature was roughly 15 degrees celsius and windspeed calculated with the Beaufort Scale.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1566840.v1
title: Lab 3 - Data set 3-Net Sweep in the grassland .

description: At York University on Wed Sept 30, 2015 at 2:45pm, the weather was partly sunny and the temperature was between 15-17 Celsius. Laboratory 3 datasets were done in the grassland located near Danyl Woodlot . Group one member consists of Loyal Tran, Anisa Amin, James Quach, Iiman Darman and Sajid, Alvi. But Anisa Amin, James Quach, and Liman Darman worked together to generate the data collected for dataset 3. Iiman Darman and Anisa Amin laid out the transect of 10 meters which is a constant length for this dataset 3 and James Quach used the net to sweep over the length of 10 meters in grassland area, this was replicated 10 times. And James and liman counted the number of insects to determine the total abundance and named the species to differentiate the types of insects to determine the RTUs values. Anisa Amin recorded the data on a note book so it could be generated on excel spreadsheet later. These roles changed for each member so everyone could get a chance to use the sweep net to see the different types of species within the grassland which helps generate the RTUs value.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1566829
title: Dataset 2: Pan Trap Dataset For Grassland/Woodlot

description: In our group we had five members: Farkhanda, Reema, Olivia, Ratiba and Huda. The data was collected at york univesrity field area near by the buses stand at the woodlots and grassland. This was done on September 30th, 2015 at 3:15 pm. The temperature was cold that day and there was construction noise, birds noise, busses noise, small insect noise, sunny , cloudy and cold febreeze. Also there were many trees in the woodlots and lots of grass and different kind of plants and insects in grass land. Most of the grassland was dead due to change of weather. The material was used during the experiment are: transect, twizers, soapy water, magnify glass and diferent pan colours (18). Arround 3:15 pm the transect was laid in 10 meters, the nine pan was placed in that transect at random places in grasslans. The pan was filled with soapy water to trap the insects that was there during the obervation. Later on at 3:27 pm another transect was laid in 10 meters with nine pan at random sopts in the woodlot. After the pans were laid the transect were removed. At 5:00 pm the location of pans were revisted and the bowls were observed and the data was recorded by looking at the number of abundance, type of species, and the number of RTUs. RTUs mean recognizable taxonomic units. It means different type of insects can be identified in each pan which is filled with soapy water in grassland and woodlot. At the end the bowls were emptied.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1566831
title: Lab 3 Dataset 4 - Bird Species Abundance Along a Transect, Group 4

description: This lab was executed to determine the species abundance in a specific area. 10 belt transects of 10 metres by 10 metres were laid out randomly, 5 in the Danby grasslands and 5 in the Danby woodlot, each watched for 1 minute. Each time a bird landed in the transect or flew over it, the species and abundance was recorded. The species was determined by the observers with the help of <em>Person Field Guide to Birds of North America</em> by Roger Tory Peterson . The approximate distance from the beginning of the transect to the sighting of the bird was recorded. The wind speed was determined using the observers discretion and the Beaufort Scale. Data was collected at Danby grasslands and Danby woodlot at York University on September 30th, 2015 around 3:30pm. The weather was around 15°C with a slight overcast and mild breeze. Members of group 4 are: Kristine Del Rosario, Nassar Khan. Michael Angelini and Kate Britanico.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1566827
title: Observation of birds along a transect

description: For this transect, a random starting point was selected. From this point, 100 steps were taken in a straight, random path in a three minute period. During this three minute period, all the birds that were observed were recorded. Birds were recorded by its species, the number of birds in each species that were observed, as well as the estimated distance from transect to the bird. Binoculars were used to get a closer look at the birds to identify them. And those that could not be identified were labeled as unknown. This whole process was replicated for a total of three times.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1566828
title: An empirical variance distribution approximation, using backtransformation from the percentile scale, for the quantile estimating function of continuous distributions

description: This paper demonstrates a quadratic polynomial proxy, to calculate quantile variance estimates of continuous distributions in the percentile scale, for the quantile estimating function (Koencker & Bassett). The empirical variance distribution function created by the backtransformation of the percentile scale calculations to the original measurement scale for the proxy estimator, has a step function morphology, in common with the empirical cumulative distribution function. The use of the empirical variance distribution approach to calculating the variance of the quantile regression residuals becomes a new method for calculating confidence intervals for fitted quantile regression coefficients.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1566829.v1
title: Dataset 2: Pan Trap Dataset For Grassland/Woodlot

description: In our group we had five members: Farkhanda, Reema, Olivia, Ratiba and Huda. The data was collected at york univesrity field area near by the buses stand at the woodlots and grassland. This was done on September 30th, 2015 at 3:15 pm. The temperature was cold that day and there was construction noise, birds noise, busses noise, small insect noise, sunny , cloudy and cold febreeze. Also there were many trees in the woodlots and lots of grass and different kind of plants and insects in grass land. Most of the grassland was dead due to change of weather. The material was used during the experiment are: transect, twizers, soapy water, magnify glass and diferent pan colours (18). Arround 3:15 pm the transect was laid in 10 meters, the nine pan was placed in that transect at random places in grasslans. The pan was filled with soapy water to trap the insects that was there during the obervation. Later on at 3:27 pm another transect was laid in 10 meters with nine pan at random sopts in the woodlot. After the pans were laid the transect were removed. At 5:00 pm the location of pans were revisted and the bowls were observed and the data was recorded by looking at the number of abundance, type of species, and the number of RTUs. RTUs mean recognizable taxonomic units. It means different type of insects can be identified in each pan which is filled with soapy water in grassland and woodlot. At the end the bowls were emptied.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1566825
title: Collection of insects through coloured pan-trap method in woodlot and grassland area to determine correlation between colour and insect preferance of colour

description: After arriving at the Danby Woodlot, located on York University campus, I placed 9 bowls in the pattern of yellow, blue white, along a transect line, with a seperation of 1 meter between each bowl, at both areas of the Danby location: The grasslands and the woodlot. In the case of the grasslands, I placed the bowls along the border of the grassland-woodlot area. The grasses there was shorter on one side, and longer on the other side of the bowls. These bowls were placed at 3:08 PM. As for the woodllot, the bowls were placed near the left side of the woodlot area, along a transect line position chosen for it's relative abundance of vegetation. The same pattern of distribution was used:yellow, blue white, 1 meter apart. These bowls were placed at 3:13 PM. After 92 minutes, I returned to each location (4:40 PM- Grassland, 4:45 PM-Woodlot) and counted the insects that had been trapped within the bowls. colour of bowl, abundance of insects as well as number of RTU's and location was noted for each bowl. A seive and tweezers assisted in the counting of the insects. After this was completed, the bowls were emptied and removed from the Danby Woodlot. The day had winds of a 2 on the Beaufort scale, and the skies were cloudy. The temperature was relatively cool.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1566826
title: Meta-Data: Collection of insects through coloured pan-trap method in woodlot and grassland area to determine correlation between colour and insect preferance of colour

description: After arriving at the Danby Woodlot, located on York University campus, I placed 9 bowls in the pattern of yellow, blue white, along a transect line, with a seperation of 1 meter between each bowl, at both areas of the Danby location: The grasslands and the woodlot. In the case of the grasslands, I placed the bowls along the border of the grassland-woodlot area. The grasses there was shorter on one side, and longer on the other side of the bowls. These bowls were placed at 3:08 PM. As for the woodllot, the bowls were placed near the left side of the woodlot area, along a transect line position chosen for it's relative abundance of vegetation. The same pattern of distribution was used:yellow, blue white, 1 meter apart. These bowls were placed at 3:13 PM. After 92 minutes, I returned to each location (4:40 PM- Grassland, 4:45 PM-Woodlot) and counted the insects that had been trapped within the bowls. colour of bowl, abundance of insects as well as number of RTU's and location was noted for each bowl. A seive and tweezers assisted in the counting of the insects. After this was completed, the bowls were emptied and removed from the Danby Woodlot. The day had winds of a 2 on the Beaufort scale, and the skies were cloudy. The temperature was relatively cool.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1566823
title: Lab 3 insect abundance

description: This expirament took place in the grass lands of York university. There were two specfied reigons that were studied, first being mowed grass that was cut and the second in which the grass wasnt mowed or cut. The expirament was divided into two by the group memebrs some members went around sweeping to capture insects whereas the other counted the insect species in a specfic reigon. The two reigons had 5 trials with the measuring distance of 30 feet with no overplaping of 30 feet reigon. The species of insects or vertabrates found in the reigon were identified by the closet scientific name they related too. All the insects were then retuened back into grasslads.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1566825.v1
title: Collection of insects through coloured pan-trap method in woodlot and grassland area to determine correlation between colour and insect preferance of colour

description: After arriving at the Danby Woodlot, located on York University campus, I placed 9 bowls in the pattern of yellow, blue white, along a transect line, with a seperation of 1 meter between each bowl, at both areas of the Danby location: The grasslands and the woodlot. In the case of the grasslands, I placed the bowls along the border of the grassland-woodlot area. The grasses there was shorter on one side, and longer on the other side of the bowls. These bowls were placed at 3:08 PM. As for the woodllot, the bowls were placed near the left side of the woodlot area, along a transect line position chosen for it's relative abundance of vegetation. The same pattern of distribution was used:yellow, blue white, 1 meter apart. These bowls were placed at 3:13 PM. After 92 minutes, I returned to each location (4:40 PM- Grassland, 4:45 PM-Woodlot) and counted the insects that had been trapped within the bowls. colour of bowl, abundance of insects as well as number of RTU's and location was noted for each bowl. A seive and tweezers assisted in the counting of the insects. After this was completed, the bowls were emptied and removed from the Danby Woodlot. The day had winds of a 2 on the Beaufort scale, and the skies were cloudy. The temperature was relatively cool.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1566826.v1
title: Meta-Data: Collection of insects through coloured pan-trap method in woodlot and grassland area to determine correlation between colour and insect preferance of colour

description: After arriving at the Danby Woodlot, located on York University campus, I placed 9 bowls in the pattern of yellow, blue white, along a transect line, with a seperation of 1 meter between each bowl, at both areas of the Danby location: The grasslands and the woodlot. In the case of the grasslands, I placed the bowls along the border of the grassland-woodlot area. The grasses there was shorter on one side, and longer on the other side of the bowls. These bowls were placed at 3:08 PM. As for the woodllot, the bowls were placed near the left side of the woodlot area, along a transect line position chosen for it's relative abundance of vegetation. The same pattern of distribution was used:yellow, blue white, 1 meter apart. These bowls were placed at 3:13 PM. After 92 minutes, I returned to each location (4:40 PM- Grassland, 4:45 PM-Woodlot) and counted the insects that had been trapped within the bowls. colour of bowl, abundance of insects as well as number of RTU's and location was noted for each bowl. A seive and tweezers assisted in the counting of the insects. After this was completed, the bowls were emptied and removed from the Danby Woodlot. The day had winds of a 2 on the Beaufort scale, and the skies were cloudy. The temperature was relatively cool.