ESSCOSMOS/2009:FieldSampling

Objectives

• Provide overview: community garden biogeochemistry as a case study of land use change
• Compare and contrast adjacent unmanaged and managed ecosystems
  • Homework assignment 1 due Wed: write for 15 minutes without editing and then summarize in a paragraph)
• Map garden and adjacent land
• Estimate percent cover of each species in each plot
• Estimate percent cover in 10 x 10 m2 plots around the garden

Materials

10 m or longer Measuring Tape or wheel Map of garden and surrounding area with 10 x 10 m aligned to one corner of garden (add link to pdf here)

Methods

Each group will map entire garden