| Laboratory Resources BIO 2500 General Botany John E. Silvius, Senior Professor of Biology, Cedarville University, 251 N. Main Street, Cedarville, OH 45314 Resources for Field Botany Labs: - First Field Botany Lab: Familiar Views?
Agricultural Fields Have Low Biodiversity -- "Selma Plain" near Selma, OH "County Line Prairie" -- Remnant Prairie Contrast of Agricultural and Remnant Communities More Information on Ohio Prairie Remnant Communities - Field Botany: Tree Identification
Helpful Slides Woody Plant ID -- Photos arranged by similar morphology Iowa State Campus Trees -- Photos of Leaves, Bark, Flowers, Fruit Ohio Big Trees-- Listing and Photos of Ohio's Largest Trees, ODNR Take-Home Practical Link to Take-Home Practical Campus "Tree Finder" Map" Woody Plant Identification List-- Common species including most of those on the Take-Home Practical - Prairie Restoration Research:
Why Prairie Research? Cedarville University Prairie Restoration - Detailed Log Activities in Photos: Sowing Prairie Seed Mix -- Spring 2000, 2001 Second Prairie Burn -- April, 2003 Post-Burn Appearance-- April, 2003 Regrowth in Summer -- Little Bluestem, Indian Grass, Queen Anne's Lace, etc. Mowing Selected Plots -- Instead of Burning in Spring, 2004 Burning and Transplanting -- Spring, 2005 Prairie Remnant Habitat Data: Floristic Quality Assessment Index (FQAI) - Prairie Lab Report
Lab Report Writing Guidelines: Scientific Writing -- A Few Suggestions Evaluation Form for Prairie Laboratory Report - What to include in your report and how points are assigned See also the next section -- "General Helps..." General Helps and Experimental Methods - Statistical Sampling and Analysis
"RESEARCH RANDOMIZER" -- Get your free random numbers here! T Distribution Table -- Wm. Knight, Univ. of New Brunswick Scientific Investigations & Statistical Analysis of Data -- Lecture Slides on S:\drive "09popstatistic" and Botany Lab Manual, Appendix Regression and Correlation -- -- VassarStats Website for Statistical Computation CRAN (The Comprehensive R Archive Network) -- Download Statistics Software Mann-Whitney Test (Under "Ordinal Data" in Left Sidebar) -- VassarStats Website for Statistical Computation BLIP Resources -- Botany Laboratory Inquiry Project Thanks for Visiting: Return to My Home Page Science & Mathematics Home Page Cedarville Home Page |