Biology Department
The data table will have the number of caterpillars that were found broken down by location, site (transect), and plant #. This will be done for every day that beat sheeting was done. This will potentially tell us the dates where the populations were highest, the habitat where the populations were the highest and even on what plant they were the highest. We will also be able to tell if there is a difference between locations of Raker and Graver.
Location |
Site |
Habitat |
plant |
31-May |
1-Jun |
5-Jun |
6-Jun |
8-Jun |
9-Jun |
12-Jun |
13-Jun |
15-Jun |
19-Jun |
20-Jun |
22-Jun |
23-Jun |
26-Jun |
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graver |
caretaker field |
edge |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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graver |
caretaker field |
edge |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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graver |
caretaker field |
edge |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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graver |
caretaker field |
edge |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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graver |
caretaker field |
edge |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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graver |
conifer edge |
edge |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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graver |
conifer edge |
edge |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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graver |
conifer edge |
edge |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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graver |
conifer edge |
edge |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
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graver |
conifer edge |
edge |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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graver |
caretaker interior |
interior |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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graver |
caretaker interior |
interior |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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graver |
caretaker interior |
interior |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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graver |
caretaker interior |
interior |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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graver |
caretaker interior |
interior |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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graver |
conifer interior |
interior |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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graver |
conifer interior |
interior |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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graver |
conifer interior |
interior |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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graver |
conifer interior |
interior |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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graver |
conifer interior |
interior |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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raker |
lower |
edge |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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raker |
lower |
edge |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|||||||
raker |
lower |
edge |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|||||||
raker |
lower |
edge |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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raker |
lower |
edge |
5 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
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raker |
upper |
edge |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|||||||
raker |
upper |
edge |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|||||||
raker |
upper |
edge |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|||||||
raker |
upper |
edge |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|||||||
raker |
upper |
edge |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|||||||
raker |
down |
interior |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|||||||
raker |
down |
interior |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|||||||
raker |
down |
interior |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|||||||
raker |
down |
interior |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|||||||
raker |
down |
interior |
5 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|||||||
raker |
upslope |
interior |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|||||||
raker |
upslope |
interior |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|||||||
raker |
upslope |
interior |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|||||||
raker |
upslope |
interior |
4 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|||||||
raker |
upslope |
interior |
5 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Averages |
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graver |
caretaker field |
edge |
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graver |
conifer edge |
edge |
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graver |
caretaker interior |
interior |
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graver |
conifer interior |
interior |
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raker |
lower |
edge |
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raker |
upper |
edge |
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raker |
down |
interior |
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raker |
upslope |
interior |
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Sum totals |
5 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0442049.
Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.