To see what affect trampling has on the diversity of plants, their abundance, and growth and to see the difference in varieties between a trampled and less trampled area.

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 Andrew Lightstone         The Effects of Trampling on an Area of Plants

Aim: - To see what affect trampling has on the diversity of plants, their abundance, and growth and to see the difference in varieties between a trampled and less trampled area.

 

Preliminary work: - We went on a nature walk around the grounds of the school, to see the different varieties of plants and grasses in different areas. We noticed that in the area in front of one of the buildings where the children waited for the coaches, there were a lot less flowering plants, than in the area next to the football field where few people go. The differences between the sites, was due to trampling. We wanted to find out exactly how many more species of plants there were in the two areas, along with their abundance. In order to do this, we needed to carry out an experiment. Involved, we needed to see, on average, how many of each plant were in the trampled and non-trampled area. We could then compare them.    

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Prediction : - There would be a greater range of plants in larger abundance, in an area that has rare trampling, as oppose to an area which is frequently trampled because the earth is less compacted so plants will lose air and nutrients. Also, in the area of less trampling, there would be more, of the taller growing plants and flowering plants and less little plants because less light is available to them. In the more trampled area, there would be more low growing grasses, and rosette plants. This is because as they are stepped on, their meristem is ...

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