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1.1 Populations and ecosystems

Author: Gemma Boyson

What's up, buttercup? Population sampling techniques | A Big Picture film

We demonstrate population sampling techniques by investigating whether the number of buttercups in a chosen field differed from the top of the hill to the bottom.

We took samples from two 10m x 10m plots and, using quadrats, recorded the number of buttercups. We also measured light intensity, air temperature, humidity, wind velocity and took soil samples.

Download the data we took from the site: http://bigpictureeducation.com/node/849