User: | Open Learning Faculty Member:
The theoretical basis of my research project will focus on plant species (specifically grasses, shrubs & forbs) within one habitat compared to another, each habitat has different features & limitations, and I would like to explore what makes the plants grow in such diversity & abundance in one site, & not in the other. I will explore the limiting factors, such as sunlight exposure, moisture, exposure to the elements, as well as anthropogenic factors that could adversely affect the plant species within the measured sites.
The ideas that underpin my research are rooted in simple observation of the plant diversity and richness from one habitat to another. I would like to know why many of the plants I observe in one site have the ability to propogate, reproduce, survive & (seemingly) thrive in a certain habitat, but not in the other.
Key phrases: plant species diversity, environmental limitations, reproductive fitness.
