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Creating a Wikipedia account and becoming a wikipedian was relatively simple, selecting an appropriate username posed some challenge as some usernames were already taken, but I settled on Bambuseae-8368, as it is a plant I have become familiar with and like due to its ease of growth as well as its versatile spectrum of uses.Continue reading “Becoming a wikipedian: account creation and contributing to a plant ecology wiki page”

Distinguishing between primary, secondary and tertiary literary sources is an essential skill for anyone in academia and can make or break a submitted paper. Questions stemming from it may circulate in the minds of many students (including me during 1st year) circulate around “is this a firsthand knowledge/ lab report or resource?”, “Is this aContinue reading “Distinguishing between primary secondary and tertiary resources”

An article I found from 1990 brings to light the ideas and goals of genetic engineering of plants, and the risks involved. This was an interesting find as when I was growing up; the notion of genetically modifying crop plants to be more resilient to predation or harsh climates was considered a “mad” science andContinue reading “Learning something new everyday: Genetic engineering of plants appeared to be a relatively new branch of science in 1990.”

Visiting the sound and moving library had piqued my interest in past years at York, but after the informative class tour with Dr. Bazely it definitely became a great place to not only study but a great place to research films for the upcoming film festival. Right at the front entrance of this library you’reContinue reading “A visit to the sound and moving library: deciding on a film nomination for biol4095”

Tansley’s 1917 paper on the competition between G. Saxatile and G. Sylvestre was insightful on the methods and results involved in early day investigations of plant population distribution and the factors involved between 2 different plant species in competition. The findings of from the report states that both species can establish and maintain themselves toContinue reading “Tansley 1917 and the hidden importance of stats analysis”