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DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1564557
title: The color attractiveness for insects at Stong Pond and Saywell Woods

description: On the windy and damp day of September 28, 2015 at 2:30-4:00pm, data was collected from pan traps at Stong Pond and Saywell Woods at York University. Nine pan traps with soapy water were placed three meters apart from each other at both Stong Pond and Saywell Woods. The bowls were alternating in the ordinal color of white, blue and yellow. After one hour, each bowl was observed for the type of insects it contained, the number of insect it contained, the different number of species it contained and recorded down. The purpose of this experiment was to see which species were attracted to what color bowl.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1564560.v1
title: Abundance and Diversity of the York University Grasslands

description: This experiment was completed on the grasslands found within York University, with the objective to record the population of species, and the number of Recognizable Taxonomic Units. Using transect tape and sweeps nets we were able to capture insects found in the grasslands and record the number of insects and RTUs. Firstly, transect tape was layed down along the width of the grasslands and the distance was recorded, and found to be 18 meters. A trial run was conducted in order to determine the time taken to walk along the 18 meter transect tape while using the sweep nets and was found to be 25 seconds. My partner Savannah and I decided to use these variables ( 18 meters and 25 seconds) for the 10 repetitions required for this experiment. After the completion of each repetition we observed the contents in the net and recorded the number of insects and recognizable taxonomic units. After the data was collected, we moved the transect tape 6 meters down the lenght of the grasslands to ensure data from a larger area was collected. This was repeated 10 times in order to meet the repetition requirement.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1564561.v1
title: Abundance and Diversity of Insects using Pan Trap at Stong Pond

description: The experiment took place at York University, Stong Pond on September 28, 2015, between 3:00-4:30pm (ET). The temperatures were 19˚C, cloudy and humid, however, prior to the study rain had occurred. In the study, 18 bowls were filled with soapy water, 9 were placed in the grassland and 9 were placed in the woodlot. Using the distance measuring tape, the bowls were each 3m apart from the previous placed bowl and they were left in each habitat for approximately 1 hour. The colours of the bowls were blue, white and yellow which were used to attract different sets of insects in both habitats. Common insects found in the soapy bowls were spiders (<em>Araneae</em>), dragonfly (<em>Anisoptera</em>), beetles (<em>Coleoptera</em>), housefly (<em>Musca Domestica</em>), crickets (<em>Gryllidae</em>) and moths (<em>Lepidoptera</em>). According to the data collected, most insects were found in grassland due to the rich vegetation and the flowers, than the woodlot which had only trees and some grass. Sarah Alsammarraie and Sharon Dhami, lab partners from Group 2, helped to set up the pan trap.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1564554
title: Insect Density in a Mowed Grassland vs Non-Mowed Grassland

description: Ecology students at York University collected a sample of insect population density in the mowed and unmowed grasslands along Pond road on Wednesday, September 30th at approximately 3:00-4:00 PM. The temperature was approximately 15 degress celcius with alot of wind and sun. 10 replicates of 1 meter by 1 meter quadrants were systematically placed 5 steps away from the previous quadrant in the mowed grasslands to manually observe the types of insects found and to manually count the number of insect of each speices. The same experiment was repeated on the unmowed areas of the grassland using the same method and tools.This experiment allowed us to compare the insect density in mowed grassland versus the insect density in an unmowed grassland. Common insects found in both grasslands were grasshoppers, crickets and flies.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1564555
title: Week 4 Lab: Pan-Trap Dataset

description: The pan-trap dataset was collected at York University’s grasslands and woodlot. First, in the woodlot, 6 pans were positioned in a linear fashion with approximtely 1m distance between between them. The distance was estimated, not precise. The pans were arranged in an alternating pattern of blue, white and yellow. Specifically, the pans were placed near a shaded area, such as beside a log and near tree trunks. When the pans were set up, it was 3:00pm in the afternoon and it was raining. The weather reduced our chances of capturing insects as many of them were not flying around and were seeking shelter instread. After the pans were poisitioned, they were filled in half-way with soapy water. The soapy water would make is easy for an insect to be trapped. Additionally, in the unmowed grasslands, 6 more pans were arranged linearly from one another, with 1m distance between them. The pans were also arranged in an alternating pattern of blue, white and yellow pan and they were placed close to the edge of the grasslands. The pans were also filled in half-way with soapy water to trap any insects. Then, at approximately 4:00pm, the pans in the grasslands were checked to see if they had trapped any insects. The number of insects in each pan were counted and the observations were recorded. Each insect’s name and taxonomic order was also defined using the insect key in the lab manual. After the pans in the grasslands were examined, the pans in the woodlot were checked next. The number of organisms in each pan were counted and their names and taxonomic orders were also recorded. Once the pans were checked, they were then emptied out of the soapy water and collected.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1564556
title: Grassland Insect Count

description: The data for this lab was collected at York University's grassland at 3:00 P.M by Olivia Lazzaro. A 20 meter transect was layed out at the grassland and the observer walked along the transect using a sweep net to hit the plants that were passed in order to capture the insects flying in the air, or resting on the plant's leaves. It took 1 minute to walk along the 20 meter transect and once complete, the observer would hold the net up and count how many insects that were visibly caught in the net. In some cases the contense within the net were poured out slowly onto a blan piece of paper in order to identify the presence of smaller insects. Once the abundance of insects were recorded then the total number of difference species present were counted. These steps were repeated 10 times. This lab was conducted to determine approximately how many insects there are in the grassland and the number of different species present. The day the experiment was performed was sunny, without clowds and the temperature of the air was cool without a breeze. In addition, there were many birds present on the outskirts of the grassland.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1564573.v3
title: Distance Based Sampling of Birds in Grassland and Woodlot Habitats in Danby Woods at York University

description: The dataset was collected on Monday September 28th, 2015 at Danby Woods and Grassland at York University in Toronto, Ontario between 3:00pm- 4:30pm. The weather conditions of the location was about 20 °C cloudy with a slight wind gust. Although it was not raining during the experiment, the grassland and woodlot area was a little damp because it rained prior to the experiment. The experiment was done in groups of 4 which included Aziza, Sahar, Paula and Shahana. However, this experiment was conducted with the help of Sahar. The purpose of this experiment was to observe bird distribution and abundance in woodlots vs grassland areas, and to learn techniques of collecting distance based dataset using a transect. This experiment consisted of recording the frequency of birds, species/family, the wind speeds and the distance between the birds and the transect. The experiment was replicated 5 times in woodlot and 5 times in grassland. Each transect was observed for 3 minutes to take the mobility of the bird into account. A 15m transect was placed randomly on the ground to record the distance between the birds and the transect. The distance ranged from 0-15m, and was approximated along both sides of the horizontal axis of the transect. Also, for this dataset height was not taken into consideration. When a bird was spotted one member of the group would record the estimated distance and the frequency of the birds. The other individual would try to identify the bird using a bird identification key that was given. The wind speed was decided by using the Beaufort scale that ranged from 0(calm) to 12(hurricane), and a number was assigned by the way the wind affected surrounding things like plants and trees. There was not a huge abundance of bird species most of the ones that were spotted were Herring Gulls, Northern Mockingbird, Sparrow and Black Phoebe. Rain could have been a factor that limited the abundance of birds in the woodlot and grassland areas.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1564554.v1
title: Insect Density in a Mowed Grassland vs Non-Mowed Grassland

description: Ecology students at York University collected a sample of insect population density in the mowed and unmowed grasslands along Pond road on Wednesday, September 30th at approximately 3:00-4:00 PM. The temperature was approximately 15 degress celcius with alot of wind and sun. 10 replicates of 1 meter by 1 meter quadrants were systematically placed 5 steps away from the previous quadrant in the mowed grasslands to manually observe the types of insects found and to manually count the number of insect of each speices. The same experiment was repeated on the unmowed areas of the grassland using the same method and tools.This experiment allowed us to compare the insect density in mowed grassland versus the insect density in an unmowed grassland. Common insects found in both grasslands were grasshoppers, crickets and flies.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1564555.v1
title: Week 4 Lab: Pan-Trap Dataset

description: The pan-trap dataset was collected at York University’s grasslands and woodlot. First, in the woodlot, 6 pans were positioned in a linear fashion with approximtely 1m distance between between them. The distance was estimated, not precise. The pans were arranged in an alternating pattern of blue, white and yellow. Specifically, the pans were placed near a shaded area, such as beside a log and near tree trunks. When the pans were set up, it was 3:00pm in the afternoon and it was raining. The weather reduced our chances of capturing insects as many of them were not flying around and were seeking shelter instread. After the pans were poisitioned, they were filled in half-way with soapy water. The soapy water would make is easy for an insect to be trapped. Additionally, in the unmowed grasslands, 6 more pans were arranged linearly from one another, with 1m distance between them. The pans were also arranged in an alternating pattern of blue, white and yellow pan and they were placed close to the edge of the grasslands. The pans were also filled in half-way with soapy water to trap any insects. Then, at approximately 4:00pm, the pans in the grasslands were checked to see if they had trapped any insects. The number of insects in each pan were counted and the observations were recorded. Each insect’s name and taxonomic order was also defined using the insect key in the lab manual. After the pans in the grasslands were examined, the pans in the woodlot were checked next. The number of organisms in each pan were counted and their names and taxonomic orders were also recorded. Once the pans were checked, they were then emptied out of the soapy water and collected.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1564556.v2
title: Grassland Insect Count

description: The data for this lab was collected at York University's grassland at 3:00 P.M by Olivia Lazzaro. A 20 meter transect was layed out at the grassland and the observer walked along the transect using a sweep net to hit the plants that were passed in order to capture the insects flying in the air, or resting on the plant's leaves. It took 1 minute to walk along the 20 meter transect and once complete, the observer would hold the net up and count how many insects that were visibly caught in the net. In some cases the contense within the net were poured out slowly onto a blan piece of paper in order to identify the presence of smaller insects. Once the abundance of insects were recorded then the total number of difference species present were counted. These steps were repeated 10 times. This lab was conducted to determine approximately how many insects there are in the grassland and the number of different species present. The day the experiment was performed was sunny, without clowds and the temperature of the air was cool without a breeze. In addition, there were many birds present on the outskirts of the grassland.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1564557.v2
title: The color attractiveness for insects at Stong Pond and Saywell Woods

description: On the windy and damp day of September 28, 2015 at 2:30-4:00pm, data was collected from pan traps at Stong Pond and Saywell Woods at York University. Nine pan traps with soapy water were placed three meters apart from each other at both Stong Pond and Saywell Woods. The bowls were alternating in the ordinal color of white, blue and yellow. After one hour, each bowl was observed for the type of insects it contained, the number of insect it contained, the different number of species it contained and recorded down. The purpose of this experiment was to see which species were attracted to what color bowl.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1564573.v2
title: Distance based sampling of birds in grassland and woodlot habitats

description: The dataset was collected on Monday September 28th, 2015 at Danby Woods and Grassland at York University in Toronto, Ontario between 3:00pm- 4:30pm. The weather conditions of the location was about 20 °C cloudy with a slight wind gust. Although it was not raining during the experiment, the grassland and woodlot area was a little damp because it rained prior to the experiment. The experiment was done in groups of 4 which included Aziza, Sahar, Paula and Shahana. However, this experiment was conducted with the help of Sahar. The purpose of this experiment was to observe bird distribution and abundance in woodlots vs grassland areas, and to learn techniques of collecting distance based dataset using a transect. This experiment consisted of recording the frequency of birds, species/family, the wind speeds and the distance between the birds and the transect. The experiment was replicated 5 times in woodlot and 5 times in grassland. Each transect was observed for 3 minutes to take the mobility of the bird into account. A 15m transect was placed randomly on the ground to record the distance between the birds and the transect. The distance ranged from 0-15m, and was approximated along both sides of the horizontal axis of the transect. Also, for this dataset height was not taken into consideration. When a bird was spotted one member of the group would record the estimated distance and the frequency of the birds. The other individual would try to identify the bird using a bird identification key that was given. The wind speed was decided by using the Beaufort scale that ranged from 0(calm) to 12(hurricane), and a number was assigned by the way the wind affected surrounding things like plants and trees. There was not a huge abundance of bird species most of the ones that were spotted were Herring Gulls, Northern Mockingbird, Sparrow and Black Phoebe. Rain could have been a factor that limited the abundance of birds in the woodlot and grassland areas.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1564547
title: The Explorer Islamabad Issue 9

description: The Exlorer Islamabad Issue 9
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1564556.v1
title: Grassland Insect Count

description: The data for this lab was collected at York University's grassland at 3:00 P.M by Olivia Lazzaro. A 20 meter transect was layed out at the grassland and the observer walked along the transect using a sweep net to hit the plants that were passed in order to capture the insects flying in the air, or resting on the plant's leaves. It took 1 minute to walk along the 20 meter transect and once complete, the observer would hold the net up and count how many insects that were visibly caught in the net. In some cases the contense within the net were poured out slowly onto a blan piece of paper in order to identify the presence of smaller insects. Once the abundance of insects were recorded then the total number of difference species present were counted. These steps were repeated 10 times. This lab was conducted to determine approximately how many insects there are in the grassland and the number of different species present. The day the experiment was performed was sunny, without clowds and the temperature of the air was cool without a breeze. In addition, there were many birds present on the outskirts of the grassland.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1564535
title: Abundance and Diversity of Insects at Stong Pond

description: This experiment was performed on the September 28 2015, between 2.45 pm and 4.30 pm at the Stong Pond Grassland (43°46'14.2"N,79°30'22.7"W) at York University, ON. The weather was overcast, with a temperature of 21°C. It rained about 0.5 mm that morning. The experiment was performed to familiarize students with the different techniques of animals and insect sampling.<br><br>Method<br>A 15 m transect was run out in the grassland. Using a sweep net, the experimenter sweeped with an arc of 1 m on both sides of the transect while walking along the transect. The sweeps were performed for every 0.5 m on the transect. After walking the 15 m of the transect in 1 minute (to allow time to capture the insects), the experimenter carefully examined the sweep net and recorded the total number of insects, as well as the number of different type of insects and the number of insects in each of these taxonomic units. The insects were then released. This whole procedure was performed 9 more times (for a total of 10) and the transects were run out randomly by walking in different directions from the center of the grassland.<br><br>The experimenters were Mohammad Imrit, Ron Kleiman, Fadumo Hersi and Gurjot Mukher.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1564557.v1
title: The color attractiveness for insects at Stong Pond and Saywell Woods

description: On the windy and damp day of September 28, 2015 at 2:30-4:00pm, data was collected from pan traps at Stong Pond and Saywell Woods at York University. Nine pan traps with soapy water were placed three meters apart from each other at both Stong Pond and Saywell Woods. The bowls were alternating in the ordinal color of white, blue and yellow. After one hour, each bowl was observed for the type of insects it contained, the number of insect it contained, the different number of species it contained and recorded down. The purpose of this experiment was to see which species were attracted to what color bowl.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1564532
title: Color Preference of Damby Woodlot/Grassland Insects

description: In collaboration with a partner, pan traps were set in groups of three different colors (white, blue and yellow) in both the grassland and woodlot areas of Damby Woodlot of York University. The traps were set at 3pm and data was not collected until 4pm of the same day to ensure an appropriate amount of time was given for the experiment. Data was collected on September 28th 2015 on a cloudy, damp and humid day. Beginning from the middle of both areas, locations of the traps were determined by a random number generated by Excel and they were placed in groups of the three different colors in order to determine if the insects preferred a certain color over another. Three normal groups along with one control group consisting of two pan traps (white and blue) was set in both settings; twenty-two pans were used in total. Data was collected after one hour by using sieve; the number of total insects and total rtus were collected per individual pan, colors of the pans were noted as well. The experiment was conducted in order to determine if insects prefer the color yellow over other colors.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1564547.v1
title: The Explorer Islamabad Issue 9

description: The Exlorer Islamabad Issue 9
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1564527
title: The Insect Distribution and Physical Density of York University

description: On September 28th, 2015, at approximately 3:10-3:30, At the York University campus’ Danby Woods, an experiment was conducted using qudrats to count the number of insects in the grassland and compare it to the number of insects found in the woodlot. The weather was around 18 degrees Celsius with very little sunlight, but a strong wind force. This day, I worked with a group of five: Taylor, Amena, Antoni, Hinal, and myself. Hinal and I decided to partner up and work on my quadrat experiment together. Starting in the grassland region, we used the random numbers website and with the number generated, took that many steps. Once the destination was reached, we placed the quadrat down, waited a minute until the bugs settled in, and then counted the number of insects spotted and the variety of insects. We completed these steps ten times and then moved onto the woodlot and conducted the same procedures. We were able to spot: ants, mosquitoes, fruit flies, spiders, crickets, and some small green bugs. It was noted that there were more insects found in the grassland as opposed to the woodlot region. The reason more insects were found inside the grassland could be because there were more plants there that insects would be able to reside. It was also evident that the insects were near the mid regions of the grassland, where there were flowerings and more grass coverage. Therefore, comparing the grassland and woodlot regions, there was much more diversity and a greater number of insects in the grassland region.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1564535.v2
title: Abundance and Diversity of Insects at Stong Pond

description: This experiment was performed on the September 28 2015, between 2.45 pm and 4.30 pm at the Stong Pond Grassland (43°46'14.2"N,79°30'22.7"W) at York University, ON. The weather was overcast, with a temperature of 21°C. It rained about 0.5 mm that morning. The experiment was performed to familiarize students with the different techniques of animals and insect sampling.<br><br>Method<br>A 15 m transect was run out in the grassland. Using a sweep net, the experimenter sweeped with an arc of 1 m on both sides of the transect while walking along the transect. The sweeps were performed for every 0.5 m on the transect. After walking the 15 m of the transect in 1 minute (to allow time to capture the insects), the experimenter carefully examined the sweep net and recorded the total number of insects, as well as the number of different type of insects and the number of insects in each of these taxonomic units. The insects were then released. This whole procedure was performed 9 more times (for a total of 10) and the transects were run out randomly by walking in different directions from the center of the grassland.<br><br>The experimenters were Mohammad Imrit, Ron Kleiman, Fadumo Hersi and Gurjot Mukher.