User: | Open Learning Faculty Member:
I’ve decided to examine the abundance and distribution of English Ivy in Colliery Dam Park. The ivy is seen throughout the park on a variety of trees, ferns, and shrubbery. Community groups have conducted pulls to remove the invasive species. Some trees are still covered in the dead ivy and you can see where they have been clipping from the roots at the base of the trees. The paths and trails fragment the parkland.
Hypothesis: That paths and trails have a negative impact on English Ivy dispersal because of fragmentation of habitat.
A potential response variable is the presence or absence of English Ivy on trees. This response variable would be categorical. A predictor variable is that fragmentation between the strata has effects on the dispersal of ivy.
