An Ecological Sampling Exercise 
Processing & Interpreting Raw Data

The Effect of Management on Bluebell Distribution on a Former Woodland Site

This ecological sampling exercise presents a sample of raw data as well as an activity based on the data. The purpose of the exercise is to give students an opportunity to practice handling data and interpreting sampling results.

The raw data was collected during a practical ecological sampling exercise on the Heathland Restoration Project area, at the Woodland Education Centre, which is in South-west England.

Contents

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Introduction

Method of collecting data

Raw Data

Exercise
Site Diagram
Management Details
Bluebells
The Heathland Restoration Project
Ecological Sampling Methods
Note for Teachers

 

Thanks are due to Dr Wendy Graham and the Axe Valley Community College
for permission to publish the raw data and follow-up exercise.