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The theoretical basis of my research project is examining how amount of cover effects overwintering birds’ presence/abundance in an urban park. My hypothesis/prediction is primarily concerned with the abundance of overwintering birds in an open area with scattered trees versus a forested area with dense cover allowing birds to escape the elements, but hypothesis and predictions could also be tied o that a dense forest has greater foraging capabilities for these birds than the open areas do.
The ideas the underpins my research is wondering how birds can cope with the conditions that we experience during the winter months and how cover affects the birds.
Keywords: urban park, overwintering, bird abundance/presence, cover type.
