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The hypothesis of my research involves determining whether the presence of other plant species growing near an individual bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) plant contributes to its growth and abundance. I want to understand whether greater diversity in garden plots reduce the intraspecific competitions; thus, resulting in larger bean plants. The ecological processes that my hypothesis might touch on include the biotic factor such as competition, mainly the intraspecific, but also interspecific competitions. Other ecological processes to be explored include the abiotic factors such as soil moisture, water balance and nitrogen fixation. The species richness in biodiversity will also be relevant to this topic.
Exploring all these different processes could lead to significant findings that could lead to further research, which could potentially improve current beans cultivation practices, and other plant species in a more sustainable and productive way.
The keywords that I would use to describe my research project are intra-specific competition, sustainable development, and nitrogen fixation.
This all sounds good and background research papers on these topics will form the basis for the introduction and discussion sections of your final paper.