Friday, November 30, 2012

Questions and Hypotheses for Year Long Study


These are our hypotheses and questions that are for our study.
 
Which plant community has the most animals in it?
We think that the conifer-dominated forest will have the most animals in it because it provides a wider variety of food, water, and shelter, which makes it so a wider variety of animals live there.



How many different animals are in each of these plant communities:  marshes/water bodies, deciduous thickets, conifer-dominated forests, and meadows? 

Mammals
black bear
brown bear
wolf
coyote
mink
moose
vole
shrew
squirrel
porcupine
beaver
river otter
short-tailed weasel
marten
 Birds
Wilson’s snipe
sooty grouse
common raven
Stellar’s jay
goshawk
northern harrier
red-tailed hawk
bald eagle
black-billed magpie
sharp-shinned hawk
short-eared owl
great horned owl
varied thrush
white-winged crossbill
pine sisken
dark-eyed junco
sparrows
winter wren
warbler
golden-crowned kinglet
black-capped chickadee
chestnut-backed chickadee
American robin



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