subdivide an area into transects and perform a scientific study. use a magnetic compass to determine the N/S and E/W directions in the transect. grid the transect and transcribe the biotic and abiotic ...

Is your area the same throughout or different and why? Are there any generalizations you can make? What are they? Do you see any effects of human intervention on your transect? Is it harmful or ...

Rick Botta spends a lot of time looking for wildlife that he may never see. Botta is president of the San Diego Tracking Team, a dedicated group of trained volunteers who monitor wildlife in San Diego ...

Herpetofaunal distribution patterns were examined along a 25 km transect in northern Costa Rica to determine the relationship of faunal occurrence to vegetation zones. The herpetofaunal sample ...

Censusing procedures that detect effects of habitat treatment on birds are outlined. We suggest that only relative values of bird species diversity, equitability, abundance, and species richness need ...

This folder contains a variety of graphs and other documents related to bathythermograph [BT] and bird count data collected on the Pacific Ocean between 1963 and 1966. Many of the graphs do not ...

A two year project to repeat a famous bird survey by driving over 20, 000km in a 4x4 across Botswana has confirmed researchers' fears: many birds of prey are fast disappearing from one of Africa's ...