This project gave me a ton of experience. I learned more about the island every time I visited. I learned a vast amount about island bio-geography and ecology. I also had tons of fun hiking through rough terrain and making new friends at the research station. This semester was the most fun I have had at … Continue reading Reflections of the Project
Author: Jay’s Capstone
Most students have been working diligently at editing and typing the final copy of the thesis paper. I am also prepping for the SAGE symposium. I have resumes and business cards prepared for people interested. I am very excited for my first symposium, it should be an interesting experience.
We have been working on the poster and paper. This is the final push of the semester and to finish capstone. Stats has gone well and we have found some significant results. We are now finalizing maps and editing posters and papers like stated earlier.
Last week we finished data collection! We collected a total of 4360 trees and have started running statistics. We found that nurse plants effect island oak health and growth rates. We also found how tall and thick trees are more reproductive. This will help future management of Santa Rosa Island.
As I close in on the final stretch of capstone i am beginning to run ANOVAs, Regressions and TTest. I have one week on the island next week which should be the last trip. There maybe up to 500 more out there but my assistant, Tess Silvestri, should be …
Last weekend I collected data on 430 trees. I am also beginning to run various statistics with the data collected. As I close in toward the end of my study, I am beginning to see trends in the data. These graphs and statistics can help prove various growth rates and effectiveness of slope, aspect, height, DBH … Continue reading More Outliers
I am looking in to using Kernel Density Vs Buffer zones to delineate possible grove expansion in the future. The March 11-13 was good even though it rained the first day I got another 200 trees complete. the next trip is on April 1-3 and i should be ab…
After a frustrating 3 hours on ArcGIS I noticed everything was broken. The original map was projected in NAD 1927 Zone 10 as a attempted to fix it items disappeared and got worse than the original projection from “unknown.” This was not fun and was a blow to moral. The only fix was to restart my … Continue reading GIS Remake
Data entry and statistics are being run on a subset of results to figure out what statistics should be run on the larger set of results that still need to be collected. Graphs are being made to look should be at what the full data set. Problems are occurring in the method difference between the … Continue reading Results
This week was all about my methods section, I have some revision to do but for the most part my peers enjoyed the section of the paper and stated that i gave enough information to repeat the process for future projects on island oak trees. I am still polygoning my groves in ArcMap, it has … Continue reading Methods and GIS