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I planned on studying niche partitioning among birds as niche partitioning theory explains that the species can co-exists in the environment in order to reduce the interspecific competition. This study focuses on the feeding habits of the different bird species and recording their behavior on the feeder. A feeder with sunflower seeds was put outside to record the observation in different niches i.e. 1) whether the birds prefer to stay at the feeder and eat their food right away, or 2) the birds come to feeder and take away the food with themselves or 3) birds look at the ground and eat the food that might have fallen off from the feeder. Location I choose is my backyard and for the replicates I am also observing the same in my friend’s backyard. Both the locations have same vegetation.
Research question- Do birds at a feeder exhibit different feeding niches?
Research Hypothesis- The birds at a feeder exhibit different feeding niches.
Prediction- If the birds exhibit different feeding niches then the individual species will be observed feeding more often in one of three niches.
Hi, remember to categorize your posts using the categories, I check in a few different ways but helps make sure I don’t miss any this way.
You missed a few things here, remember to read the instructions in the modules and make sure you include all there required points in your blog posts. You missed the field journal entries, the description at 3 locations along the gradient, and the response and predictor variables associated with your hypothesis.