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Backyard Biodiversity Assessment

There is not much biodiversity within my backyard, but each quadrant was not lacking diversity. While most quadrants had similar species numbers, one outlier quadrant had less grass and plants due to more shade. The results are otherwise consistent and valid for determining the biodiversity of the backyard.

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Backyard Biodiversity Assessment

There is not much biodiversity within my backyard, but each quadrant was not lacking diversity. While most quadrants had similar species numbers, one outlier quadrant had less grass and plants due to more shade. The results are otherwise consistent and valid for determining the biodiversity of the backyard.

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Jadzia Chapman-Lowe
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What is the biodiversity of

my backyard? By Jadzia
Introduction;
I undertook this investigation to find
There is not much
out if my backyard would be
considered biodiverse and if it was diversity within my
not, I would try my best to change it
and make it more inviting for species. quadrants, but each
Method + Methodology;
I used the logbook provided by VSV and pen to quadrant was not
fill out the following:
- weather
- Soil type
lacking
Discussion; diversity.
Overall, the data was consistent although I found
- Soil condition
that there was one outlier, but after looking further
- List of visible human activities
into it I believe it is because there is less grass within
- Slope of site
that area and therefore plants struggle to grow on
When measuring the species within every
the clay/soil.
quadrant, I made sure that if a species was in
I recounted twice for each quadrant, and results
two quadrants to add it to the quadrant that
were the same both times so accuracy would be
had a larger ratio of that species.
close if not perfect.
The end results are valid and considering there is
only one outlier with a clear difference from the rest,
Conclusion;
I would confidently say the validity of this
These results implies that my backyard (the area I
experiment is good.
picked) has a variety of species, and the outlier is
My main limitation would’ve been; lack of
justified *discussion covers it*.
supported data, since I was the only one taking the
data, I could’ve made the same mistake twice and
have no one tell me otherwise.
Supporting the outlier, I am basing my notions off
the scientific concept (well knowledge) that
photosynthesis cannot occur without sunlight and
that specific area is shaded every day no matter the
time of day.

Dat
a
Quadrant 1 Species No. of individuals Quadrant 2 Species No. of species Quadrant 3 Species No. of species

“ Average grass 1m^2 =700 “ Average grass 350


“ Average grass 1m^2 = 700
“ Dandelions 5 “ dandelions 1
“ Dandelions 13
“ Bracken 31 “ bracken 8
“ Bracken 20
“ ant 40 “ ant 120
“ Bot fly 2
“ Gum tree 1 “ Gum tree 1
“ Milliped 1
“ Random weed 4 “ Random weed 7
“ Gum tree 1 1* 1*

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