Fall Bird Diversity Survey by Forest Type
This was a group presentation created by Liron Gertsman, Hadi Hassan, Rebecca Kuzek, and me for our BIOL 427 (Ornithology and Herpetology) class, uploaded with all group members’ approval. We compared the species diversity and similarity of birds in Pacific Spirit Regional Park between three sites that represented different forest types: Coniferous, Deciduous, and Mixed. Based on the intermediate disturbance hypothesis, we hypothesized that the mixed site would contain the highest diversity, followed by deciduous, and lastly coniferous forests. We also hypothesized that the species composition of the coniferous and…read more