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Tansley’s publication On competition between Galium saxatile and Galium sylvestre on different types of soil was published in 1917 though there is an important factor that is missing from the study, which is a statistical analysis. A statistical analysis is a very important addition to research conducted today especially in scientific research though statistical analysis’Continue reading “Tansley’s 1917 what’s missing?”

Creating a Wikipedia account and becoming a Wikipedian is a simple process, the first step involves filling out your username and making a password. The process does not end there however, an user page needs to be created through the edit option. Despite appearing as an easy task the user interface for making edits onContinue reading “Becoming a Wikipedian”

Fungi today can be seen in various different lights, some people may view fungi as a food to eat, or perhaps as a nuisance growing in their front lawn. The documentary The Kingdom: How Fungi made our world on CBC, shows the important role that fungi plays in our world. This documentary depicts the vastContinue reading “Fungi a foundation of the Earth”

During my birth year of 1998, research was still being conducted in applied plant ecology, one of those researches of interest would be on the chestnut blight affecting the once dominant American Chestnut tree that was commonly found throughout North America. I settled on this particular research paper due to a personal interest in theContinue reading “Research in Chestnut Blight and the American Chestnut tree in 1998”

The book Silent Spring written by Rachel Carson was a book of great importance in addressing the use of pesticides such as Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and its potential harmful effects on the balance of the ecosystem. It is unfortunate that Rachel Carson has received little acknowledgement for this warning even to this day. At the timeContinue reading “Rachel Carson and the Silent Spring”