Manuscript style lab report with an Abstract, Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, and Literature cited.
2. Complete all calculations, and make your tables and figures
3. You must find primary (3 minimum required) and secondary literature (no minimum) for your introduction and discussion sections.
4. Using the data and a review of primary and secondary literature, you will write a manuscript style lab report that contains an abstract, introduction, methods, results, discussion, and literature cited. This paper should be double spaced, use a 12 point font. The paper will likely be 5 – 8 pages in length.
5. Your paper should address the following questions:
Are the upland and bottomland communities different? (This is your hypothesis question)
In which ways are upland habitats (moisture, temperature, light etc.) different than bottomland habitats?
How would the abiotic conditions impact the species in these locations?
Does our community data match a hypothetical upland and bottomland site in NJ?
How does relative dominance, relative frequency, relative density, and importance value help us describe the community?
