User: | Open Learning Faculty Member:
I am one third of the way through my data collection, and my biggest issue with sampling has been the tedium of it (I need to dig through the mud and snow to be able to see the gaps between bunches). I have collected ten replicates so far.
I have noticed that although the three large troughs have very abrupt and distinct borders and different vegetation, smaller troughs between hills spread throughout the field tend to have the same grass as the rest of the field. I have only sampled from one so far, and it was slightly less dense than the hills, but it remains to be seen if that pattern holds elsewhere.
