cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1200164.v1
title: Population Sampling Data in Vari Hall and Central Square @ York University

description: Student population in Vari Hall and Central Square was sampled. From each location, 10 students with backpacks were spotted and observed for their gender, hair colour and backpack colour. In order to reduce the chance of missing samples, I sampled the data in the evening, where there is much less traffic. This dataset is for an assignment, York University BIOL 2050 Ecology Lab Week 1, under the supervision of Mr. Alex Filazzola and teachings of Professor Chris Lortie.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1200161.v1
title: Lab 3: Techniques lab animals- pan traps

description: Group members: Winnie Zhao, Yu Xiao, Kristine Georgilopoulos- Gulli This experiment was conducted on October 3rd, 2014 at 2:30 pm at York University- Keele campus . The weather on that day was rainy and windy. Ten multicoloured solo bowls (5 white, 4 white, 1 yellow) were placed in alternate colours in two different rows that were 10 cm apart from each other in the woodlot region. Another ten multicoloured solo bowls (4 white, 3 yellow, 3 blue) were also placed in alternate colours in two different rows that were 10 cm away from each other in the grassland region. All of the solo bowls were half filled with soapy water and were left in their position for 90 minutes. After 90 minutes, the bowls were observed and data was collected. The data collected included recording how many insects were found in each of the bowls, identifying each insect that was found in each of the bowls and also making note of the colour of each of the bowls that had insects trapped in it. This experiment was conducted to see if there was a relationship between the amount of insects collected and the colour of the bowls. The purpose of this experiment was also to test if the region (grassland or woodlot) would have an impact on the amount of insects found in the solo bowls. Please note that the data obtained in this experiment may not be representative due to the weather conditions.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1200158
title: Distance Method Data for Birds on York University Campus

description: Data was collected at 3:00 p.m. on October 3, 2014 at the woodlot and grassland located between Chimneystack Road, York Boulevard and Keele Street, at the East end of York University, Toronto, ON. It was raining and cloudy, and the temperature was 23°C. Wind speeds ranged from 4-18 mph. The purpose to collect this data was to use distance measuring methods to estimate bird abundance at York University. Specifically, this dataset includes distance data along transect tapes for birds on a woodlot and grassland at York University. Potentially, this data could be used to compare the abundance of birds in woodlot and the abundance of birds in grassland areas. It is predicted that there would be a greater abundance of birds in the woodlot, due to the weather conditions, as birds would find shelter from the rain in the canopy of the trees. Five trials were completed in both locations. A 10 meter transect tape was randomly placed in the grassland, and bird sightings were recorded for 5 minutes while walking along the transect during each trial. Frequency of birds, or number of birds sighted, bird species, distance from transect (m) and wind speed were recorded for each sighting during each trial. This process was repeated five times in the grassland. In the woodlot, the trial length was shortened to 3 minutes, everything else remaining the same. A 10 meter transect tape was randomly placed in the woodlot, and bird sightings were recorded for 3 minutes during each trial. Frequency of birds, or number of birds sighted, bird species, distance from transect (m) and wind speed were recorded for each sighting during each trial. Bird species were determined using previous knowledge of the observer, and if there was any uncertainty about what species a bird was, then it was recorded as “unidentified”. Distances from the transect were estimates, recorded in meters. Wind speed was recorded as a number on the Beaufort scale and was estimated, as there were no actual devices monitoring the wind speed. Group members: Alexander Karakatsanis, Arlene Tran and Jenna Teixeira. Dataset collected by: Rajbir Ghuman
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1200159
title: Lab 3 - Distance based dataset

description: In this experiment, transect measuring tape was used to record the distance of any visible bird sightings. The distance was recorded in meters. Five trials were done for each woodlot and grassland where the transect tape was laid down and extended to about 20m. The frequency and the distance of bird sightings were noted down based on the observer’s standing location on the transect tape. Bird’s specie was also noted down based on visible observation. If a bird couldn’t be identified, ‘unknown specie’ was recorded in the data. Wind speed was estimated to be 4 based on Beaufort scale which ranges from 0 (calm) to 14 (hurricane force). This experiment was done in groups of 3-4. Our group members included Sana Jamal, Ferinaz, Afraa Tarafdar and Maham Anees (me). The data was collected on Friday October 3, 2014 on Keele campus of York University between 2:30 pm to 5:00 pm. The temperature was about 16ᵒC and it was raining.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1200153
title: Stainton Sandstone

description: Micro-Computed Tomography (micro-CT) segmented image of Stainton Sandstone. The micro-CT image is segmented according to the variation of grey values between grains (bright- 255 grey value) and pores (dark- 0 grey value) using the watershed segmentation algorithm in the Avizo software. Details of the images (voxel resolution and image size) is present as a text file. The image can be visualized in visualization software such as Fiji ((http://fiji.sc/Fiji) or Avizo. If you utilise this in a scientific publication then please mention in the acknowledgements that this data is courtesy of Qatar Carbonates and Carbon Storage Research Centre, Imperial College London. For more information, please contact Saurabh M Shah at saurabh.shah10@imperial.ac.uk or Edo S Boek at e.boek@imperial.ac.uk
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1200152
title: Systematic review of the use of statistics in restoration ecology of arid areas.

description: Datasheet for a systematic review of the use of statistics in restoration ecology of arid areas. The purpose of this review was to examine the use of statistics in restoration ecology. 369 papers were found using the search terms restor* AND desert in ISI Web of Science. After papers that did not address restoration or were not conducted in arid environment 114 papers remained. These papers were examined and data conserning the use of statistics were extracted. This was examined to assess the use of statistics in the field as well as determine if there were any gaps in statistical analysis.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1200148
title: Insect Abundance and Diversity in the Woodlot and Grassland Habitat

description: Method: Group members: Afraa, Maham, Farinaz and Sana The purpose of this experiment was to compare insect type, abundance and diversity in two different habitats, woodlot and grassland. It can be noted that more sunlight enters the grassland habitat in comparison to the woodlot. More sunlight would result in a greater abundance of plants which may act as a food source for the insects. Thus, I hypothesize that greater types of insects and a higher insect abundance and diversity will be found in the grassland habitat. Data collection for dataset 1 took place at the Northwest corner of York University's Keele campus in a woodlot and grassland habitat on Oct. 3, 2014 from 3:00pm to 4:00pm by Sana Jamal and Afraa Trafdar. Sana recorded the data while Afraa set down the quadrats. At the time of data collection, it was raining with a light wind. The temperature at this time was about 23 degrees Celsius. In each habitat, woodlot and grassland, 10 quadrats were placed randomly. Each quadrat was observed for insect type, abundance and diversity for 1 minute. Grass was searched using hands for insects that may appear hidden. In addition, insects flying 10 cm above the quadrat were considered.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1200151
title: (SC/BIOL2050) Abundance of birds related to tree density

description: In this experiment, we (Mahal, Elron Oscar, Yu XIAO and me)analized the relative abundance of birds between two different habitats: grassland and woodlot. Since birds tend to anidate and search for refugee in the woods, we expect a bigger population in the woodlots compared to the grassland. For measuring that, we did n=10 transects, 5 per habitat, 5 minutes per transect, and measured how many birds we could encounter in that space. We also wrote down how many bird species were there, in case biodiversity was affected by the habitat too, and wind, since we suspect bird population is largely affected by wind. Experiment conditions are largely explained in the metadata sheet.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1200158.v1
title: Distance Method Data for Birds on York University Campus

description: Data was collected at 3:00 p.m. on October 3, 2014 at the woodlot and grassland located between Chimneystack Road, York Boulevard and Keele Street, at the East end of York University, Toronto, ON. It was raining and cloudy, and the temperature was 23°C. Wind speeds ranged from 4-18 mph. The purpose to collect this data was to use distance measuring methods to estimate bird abundance at York University. Specifically, this dataset includes distance data along transect tapes for birds on a woodlot and grassland at York University. Potentially, this data could be used to compare the abundance of birds in woodlot and the abundance of birds in grassland areas. It is predicted that there would be a greater abundance of birds in the woodlot, due to the weather conditions, as birds would find shelter from the rain in the canopy of the trees. Five trials were completed in both locations. A 10 meter transect tape was randomly placed in the grassland, and bird sightings were recorded for 5 minutes while walking along the transect during each trial. Frequency of birds, or number of birds sighted, bird species, distance from transect (m) and wind speed were recorded for each sighting during each trial. This process was repeated five times in the grassland. In the woodlot, the trial length was shortened to 3 minutes, everything else remaining the same. A 10 meter transect tape was randomly placed in the woodlot, and bird sightings were recorded for 3 minutes during each trial. Frequency of birds, or number of birds sighted, bird species, distance from transect (m) and wind speed were recorded for each sighting during each trial. Bird species were determined using previous knowledge of the observer, and if there was any uncertainty about what species a bird was, then it was recorded as “unidentified”. Distances from the transect were estimates, recorded in meters. Wind speed was recorded as a number on the Beaufort scale and was estimated, as there were no actual devices monitoring the wind speed. Group members: Alexander Karakatsanis, Arlene Tran and Jenna Teixeira. Dataset collected by: Rajbir Ghuman
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1200135
title: Systematic review of the used of statistics in restoration ecology of arid areas.

description: Datasheet for a systematic review of the use of statistics in restoration ecology of arid areas. The purpose of this review was to examine the use of statistics in restoration ecology. 369 papers were found using the search terms restor* AND desert in ISI Web of Science. After papers that did not address restoration or were not conducted in arid environment 114 papers remained. These papers were examined and data conserning the use of statistics were extracted. This was examined to assess the use of statistics in the field as well as determine if there were any gaps in statistical analysis.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1200151.v1
title: (SC/BIOL2050) Abundance of birds related to tree density

description: In this experiment, we (Mahal, Elron Oscar, Yu XIAO and me)analized the relative abundance of birds between two different habitats: grassland and woodlot. Since birds tend to anidate and search for refugee in the woods, we expect a bigger population in the woodlots compared to the grassland. For measuring that, we did n=10 transects, 5 per habitat, 5 minutes per transect, and measured how many birds we could encounter in that space. We also wrote down how many bird species were there, in case biodiversity was affected by the habitat too, and wind, since we suspect bird population is largely affected by wind. Experiment conditions are largely explained in the metadata sheet.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1200132
title: Doddington Sandstone

description: Micro-Computed Tomography (micro-CT) segmented image of Doddington Sandstone. The micro-CT image is segmented according to the variation of grey values between grains (bright- 255 grey value) and pores (dark- 0 grey value) using the watershed segmentation algorithm in the Avizo software. Details of the images (voxel resolution and image size) is present as a text file. The image can be visualized in visualization software such as Fiji ((http://fiji.sc/Fiji) or Avizo. If you utilise this in a scientific publication then please mention in the acknowledgements that this data is courtesy of Qatar Carbonates and Carbon Storage Research Centre, Imperial College London. For more information, please contact Saurabh M Shah at saurabh.shah10@imperial.ac.uk or Edo S Boek at e.boek@imperial.ac.uk
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1200133
title: Week 4. Sweep Net.

description: This experiment was done on October 03, 2014 in the woodland near Danby woods of York University, keel campus. Other members in the group are: Anees, Jamal, and Tarafdar. Collecting data was started at about 3 pm. It had been raining slightly (Less than 1 mm) for about an hour, so the condition of the field was wet and muddy. The temperature was at 18c; it was cloudy and slightly windy; and it continued raining for the duration of data collection. This experiment used a transect sampling method. Also, the location of transect used a non-probability sampling method since it was chosen to lay the transects along tall grass and vegetation. The transect was set to 10 meters and placed on the ground. The experimenter walked along the transect for 3 minutes while slowly sweeping the net from left to right. The sweep net was held close to the ground and made contact with grass or any vegetation. This motion was continued, and the experimenter walked along the transect 6 times in the 3 minutes trial duration. At the end, the number of insects in the sweep net was counted, and the different number of rtus (recognizable taxonomic units) was observed and recorded. After emptying the contents of the net, the transect was moved to a new location and the process repeated. The new location chosen was at least 2 meter away from any of the previous locations to avoid any overlap. This was done for 10 trials, and the process took about 50 minutes to complete.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1200148.v1
title: Insect Abundance and Diversity in the Woodlot and Grassland Habitat

description: Method: Group members: Afraa, Maham, Farinaz and Sana The purpose of this experiment was to compare insect type, abundance and diversity in two different habitats, woodlot and grassland. It can be noted that more sunlight enters the grassland habitat in comparison to the woodlot. More sunlight would result in a greater abundance of plants which may act as a food source for the insects. Thus, I hypothesize that greater types of insects and a higher insect abundance and diversity will be found in the grassland habitat. Data collection for dataset 1 took place at the Northwest corner of York University's Keele campus in a woodlot and grassland habitat on Oct. 3, 2014 from 3:00pm to 4:00pm by Sana Jamal and Afraa Trafdar. Sana recorded the data while Afraa set down the quadrats. At the time of data collection, it was raining with a light wind. The temperature at this time was about 23 degrees Celsius. In each habitat, woodlot and grassland, 10 quadrats were placed randomly. Each quadrat was observed for insect type, abundance and diversity for 1 minute. Grass was searched using hands for insects that may appear hidden. In addition, insects flying 10 cm above the quadrat were considered.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1200131
title: Clashach Sandstone

description: Micro-Computed Tomography (micro-CT) segmented image of Clashach Sandstone. The micro-CT image is segmented according to the variation of grey values between grains (bright- 255 grey value) and pores (dark- 0 grey value) using the watershed segmentation algorithm in the Avizo software. Details of the images (voxel resolution and image size) is present as a text file. The image can be visualized in visualization software such as Fiji ((http://fiji.sc/Fiji) or Avizo. If you utilise this in a scientific publication then please mention in the acknowledgements that this data is courtesy of Qatar Carbonates and Carbon Storage Research Centre, Imperial College London. For more information, please contact Saurabh M Shah at saurabh.shah10@imperial.ac.uk or Edo S Boek at e.boek@imperial.ac.uk
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1200122
title: BIOL2050 Lab 3 Distance-based dataset

description: The experiment was conducted from 2:50 to 3:50 at Danby Woods where located at south of Chimneystack Rd. and west of Keele St. of York University Keele campus on October 3. The temperature was around 13 degree Celsius with moderate rain and moderate to fresh breeze. 20m transect was randomly laid down in 5 different locations of grassland and 5 different locations of woodlot. During observation, experimenters walked along the transect tape with 5 minutes and observed birds which were flying or stationary with binoculars for surrounding areas. The frequency and species of birds, the distance on the transect tape where experimenters saw the birds, and the approximation of the distance from transect tape to the birds will be recorded. Bird species were identified according to the bird guide book in the lab, if the species could not be identified; ‘unidentified’ was assigned as bird species in the data set. In addition, wind speed was also recorded by using Beaufort scale. The experiment was collaborated with Mahal, Enrique, and Elron.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1200135.v2
title: Systematic review of the used of statistics in restoration ecology of arid areas.

description: Datasheet for a systematic review of the use of statistics in restoration ecology of arid areas. The purpose of this review was to examine the use of statistics in restoration ecology. 369 papers were found using the search terms restor* AND desert in ISI Web of Science. After papers that did not address restoration or were not conducted in arid environment 114 papers remained. These papers were examined and data conserning the use of statistics were extracted. This was examined to assess the use of statistics in the field as well as determine if there were any gaps in statistical analysis.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1200130
title: Laboratory #3: Distance Based. Elron Oscar

description: The experiment took place at York University on Friday, October 3rd 2014, from 2:30-4:30. The weather was approximately 5 degrees Celsius with rain and strong breeze. The experiment was conducted at York University woodlot area on the south side of York closer to Keele Street. For this experiment, it was done with Mahal Annes, Enrique Sapena Ventura , and Yu Xiao. For grasslands and the woodlot area, 5 transect measuring tape was placed randomly. About 20 meters of transect tape was randomly placed. When walking down the transect line, we recorded the number of birds spotted and the species of the birds. The birds can be identified with a bird guide book, if unable to identify put "unknown species". If not bird was spotted, put "none". Binoculars were used to get a better accuracy of what the species of birds may be. Approximation was for determining how far the bird was relative to where the transect measuring tape is placed. The wind speed was measured under a categorical scale called Beaufort Scales.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1200133.v2
title: Week 4. Sweep Net.

description: This experiment was done on October 03, 2014 in the woodland near Danby woods of York University, keel campus. Other members in the group are: Anees, Jamal, and Tarafdar. Collecting data was started at about 3 pm. It had been raining slightly (Less than 1 mm) for about an hour, so the condition of the field was wet and muddy. The temperature was at 18c; it was cloudy and slightly windy; and it continued raining for the duration of data collection. This experiment used a transect sampling method. Also, the location of transect used a non-probability sampling method since it was chosen to lay the transects along tall grass and vegetation. The transect was set to 10 meters and placed on the ground. The experimenter walked along the transect for 3 minutes while slowly sweeping the net from left to right. The sweep net was held close to the ground and made contact with grass or any vegetation. This motion was continued, and the experimenter walked along the transect 6 times in the 3 minutes trial duration. At the end, the number of insects in the sweep net was counted, and the different number of rtus (recognizable taxonomic units) was observed and recorded. After emptying the contents of the net, the transect was moved to a new location and the process repeated. The new location chosen was at least 2 meter away from any of the previous locations to avoid any overlap. This was done for 10 trials, and the process took about 50 minutes to complete.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1200118
title: Berea Sandstone

description: Micro-Computed Tomography (micro-CT) segmented image of Berea Sandstone. The micro-CT image is segmented according to the variation of grey values between grains (bright- 255 grey value) and pores (dark- 0 grey value) using the watershed segmentation algorithm in the Avizo software. Details of the images (voxel resolution and image size) is present as a text file. The image can be visualized in visualization software such as Fiji ((http://fiji.sc/Fiji) or Avizo. If you utilise this in a scientific publication then please mention in the acknowledgements that this data is courtesy of Qatar Carbonates and Carbon Storage Research Centre, Imperial College London. For more information, please contact Saurabh M Shah at saurabh.shah10@imperial.ac.uk or Edo S Boek at e.boek@imperial.ac.uk
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1200122.v1
title: BIOL2050 Lab 3 Distance-based dataset

description: The experiment was conducted from 2:50 to 3:50 at Danby Woods where located at south of Chimneystack Rd. and west of Keele St. of York University Keele campus on October 3. The temperature was around 13 degree Celsius with moderate rain and moderate to fresh breeze. 20m transect was randomly laid down in 5 different locations of grassland and 5 different locations of woodlot. During observation, experimenters walked along the transect tape with 5 minutes and observed birds which were flying or stationary with binoculars for surrounding areas. The frequency and species of birds, the distance on the transect tape where experimenters saw the birds, and the approximation of the distance from transect tape to the birds will be recorded. Bird species were identified according to the bird guide book in the lab, if the species could not be identified; ‘unidentified’ was assigned as bird species in the data set. In addition, wind speed was also recorded by using Beaufort scale. The experiment was collaborated with Mahal, Enrique, and Elron.