Our hypothesis is that the unburned area insect diversity would be higher than the burned area. Also, the soil nutrients would be different between the burned and the unburned. Our result showed, it is undoubted that the insect diversity of unburned area is higher than burned area. However, we could not find much differences in the soil characteristics. Therefore, our first hypothesis which is about insect diversity is accepted, but the second hypothesis about soil nutrient is rejected.
Plants absorb nutrients from soil.
Many insects eat these plants. These insects are eaten by spiders. We think that the ecological system is decided from food connection. Therefore, food material is the most important for animals. In The NJ Pine Barrens, there are two kinds of places.