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Open access usually  refers to resources, like scientific articles, that are free to use by the public with significantly less restrictions due to open licenses.  Meta is a prefix that comes from Greek, meaning “along with”. So metadata is data that comes along with a file –usually this data is attribute data such as location,Continue reading “What is Open Access, Metadata and Creative Commons Licenses? An Ecological Example”

My birth year paper has 3 authors. This first is Manuel Lerdau, who is a professor and researcher at the University of Virginia. https://evsc.as.virginia.edu/people/profile/mlerdau His research focuses on plant resource and distribution as well as biotic and abiotic interactions such as herbivory and atmospheric chemistry and air pollution. His research currently centers around genomics andContinue reading “About my Birth year article Authors”

My birth year paper is a secondary peer-reviewed article. Peer reviewed articles  have been subject to peer editing of others in the same field to ensure the quality of the work. There are three types of resource. Primary literature: when raw information (information acquired first handedly) is used to analyse and discuss. This type ofContinue reading “What type of paper is my birth year article?”

I recently stumbled upon a novel titled The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate – Discoveries from a Secret World by Peter Wohlleben. Peter is a German forester who deeply acknowledges and accepts nature. As such, this book speaks about the little intricacies and beauties about trees that are unseens by theContinue reading “A Book Recommendation: The Hidden Life of Trees”

My birth year article Plant Production and Emission of Volatile Organic Compounds (1997) speaks to the importance of plant produced VOC. Outlining how they affect the atmosphere globally and how there is still much unknown to us about plants and their chemical reactions. The paper addresses the two most abundant VOCs, isoprene and monoterpene. TheseContinue reading “Summary of my birth year paper: Plant Production and Emission of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC)”

In my 8-credit thesis with Dr. Bazely, my goal is to understand the distribution of the fungal endophyte within Festuca hallii and F.campestris. By the end of the semester, I should have a body map of either grass that displays where the endophyte is found and where it is most concentrated. To do this I am fixing andContinue reading “My 8 Credit Thesis With Dr. Bazely”

In Fungal Endophyte Symbiosis and Plant Diversity in Successional Fields, Clay and Holah aim to improve the understanding of the impact of endophyte infection within Tall fescue (Festuca arundinace) on biodiversity and succession. To do this, they seeded 8 20x20m plots of land with Tall fescue seeds, half of which had a high rate of infection formContinue reading “Summary of my Birth Year Article”