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Date: /23 Lab group: BIOL 110 Laboratory Wildcam Gorongosa Worksheet Please type your answers to these questions. The worksheet is to be completed and submitted individually. This is due the week of Nov. 27; follow your lab instructor’s directions regarding how and when to turn in your worksheet. 50 pts. Part 1. Making Observations and Asking Questions 1. Write down some questions that you have now based on your observations of how trail cameras work. What would you like to learn more about as an ecologist in Gorongosa? Be specific! (4 pts) The majority of my pictures showed baboons in groups of two or more, as there were so many of them. Typically, the baboons lived in an area shaded by trees. All animals' young also remained near their parents. Additionally, elephants tended to travel in small groups at night. Elephants tended to go in groups rather than alone, and when they were young, they were typically photographed wandering behind a parent. Some of the questions I still have after my observations are does the floodplain grassland have the highest abundance of baboons? How often are lions observed on camera”? Which vegetation type has the highest abundance of hippopotamus? Do elephants only travel at night? My last question is where are the lions? . As an ecologist in Gorongosa I would like to study hippopotamus or lions and their type of movement patterns they have. Part 2. Testable Questions 2. Consider the following question: During which season is the highest abundance of animals present in the limestone gorge vegetation type? Is this question testable using the data from the trail camera images? If so, what information would you include in your analysis from the images? If not, what additional data would you need to test this question? (4 pts) This question is testable by using data from the trail camera images. According to the data between the 4 seasons (wet,dry) I can conclude that the season with the highest abundance of animals present in the limestone gorge habitat is the dry season, which is from July through September. 3. Which of the questions you wrote for question 1 above are potentially testable using the trail camera photos? List each question you think you could answer; modify them as necessary and/or write more questions that could be answered with data from the trail camera photos. (4 pts) The question I had in #1 that I could answer with the trail camera is “how often are lions seen on camera”. I would just have to filter the trail cameras for lions and then I would have my answer. For instance it would show if there is a specific times lions go out and be captured on camera You could also do this with multiple species of animals in Gorongosa. Other questions you could answer could include Which vegetation type has the highest abundance of hippopotamus, do elephants only travel at night, and does the floodplain grassland have the highest abundance of baboons. This could all be potentially answered if captured by the trail camera photos. W ILD C AM G ORONGOSA : W ORKSHEET Page 1 of 4

Part 3. Hypothesis and Prediction 4. List the testable question that you decided to test in this activity. (2 pts) Which vegetation type has the highest of abundance of hippopotamus? 5. Based on background research and the WildCam images you have seen so far, a. List your null hypothesis. (2 pts) Hippopotamus’s have the same abundance in all vegetation types of Gorongosa National Park. b. List your alternate hypothesis. (2 pts) Hippopotamus’s have the highest abundance in the floodplain grassland of Gorongosa National Park. c. List your prediction for the alternate hypothesis. (2 pts) My alternative theory is likely to be correct, and the vegetation type of floodplain grasslands will have a greater hippopotamus abundance. 6. What variables from the spreadsheet will you need to include in your analysis to test your hypotheses stated above? a. Independent variable: (2 pts) The independent variable of this experiment is the vegetation type. b. Dependent variable: (2 pts) The dependent variable of this experiment is the number of hippopotamus that are present. Part 4. Data collection plan 7. Describe the methods you used to collect data to test your hypotheses. (3 pts) The data map of the wildcam Gorongosa was downloaded, and we utilized the habitat and species filter to limit the data to only hippopotamus in all vegetation types. Part 5. Data analysis 8. Consult with your instructor to determine the best way to graph the results of your data analysis (i.e., line graph or bar graph). Refer to the graphing instructions in the Appendix as necessary. Insert your graph. Be sure to follow the appropriate guidelines, and don’t forget a detailed caption! (6 pts) W ILD C AM G ORONGOSA : W ORKSHEET Page 2 of 4

Figure 1 Effect of vegetation types on abundance of hippopotamus in Gorngosa national park Part 6. Communicating your findings 9. Describe the trends that you see in your graph. (2 pts) Based on my graph, it appears that the floodplain grassland is a more prevalent habitat for hippos than the mixed savanna and woodland area. Furthermore, no hippos were observed in the two other types of vegetation, the Miombo woodland and the limestone Gorge. 10. Based on the graph, was your null hypothesis supported or rejected? Explain your answer using evidence from the graph and/or statistical results. (3 pts) Given the stark differences between the two plant types that are exhibited and the two that are not, our null hypothesis was rejected based on the data in our graph. Hippocampal counts at the Floodplain Grassland were 89, whereas the Mixed Savanna and Woodland had 13, representing a nearly seven-fold increase. 11. What are the potential limitations of trail camera data? Identify at least two potential biases of trail camera data or with the way the trail camera survey was designed. To what extent might these biases affect your confidence in the results from your experiment? Explain. (4 pts) There may be an overrepresentation of one vegetation type in the park due to the uneven distribution of trail cameras. Additionally, cameras are positioned nearer the road, so nicer animals will appear in photos more often than those who avoid human annoyances. 12. In this activity, the scientific process followed a linear sequence: observation, question, hypothesis, prediction, data collection/analysis, and findings. However, the process is typically iterative (i.e., it repeats itself over and over again). Explain how new information might lead a researcher to go back and repeat certain steps in the scientific process, including asking different questions. At what stages in your process could you have obtained additional information from the scientific literature or other sources to inform or revise your process? (4 pts) W ILD C AM G ORONGOSA : W ORKSHEET Page 3 of 4

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We believe that by examining and evaluating more images of the various species, we may have gathered more information during the observation period. Compared to the 10 minutes we spent; someone may learn a great deal more by looking at the pictures for an hour. Second, if we noticed an animal in a particular sort of flora more frequently, we could investigate whether the area's season had an impact on it. Moreover, consider how several variables interact throughout time rather than focusing on each variable independently. 13. Based on the results of this investigation, what are some additional research questions that could be further investigated to gain a deeper understanding about the animals in Gorongosa National Park? Pretend you are a research ecologist in Gorongosa and you are not limited to just the trail camera data—what would you want to study next and why? (4 pts) As researchers at the Gorongosa National Park, we may examine the hippopotami's food sources and determine whether or not their growth and/or vegetation type is restricted in any way by a lack of food. Next, we could determine whether the food source is a limiting factor if the hippopotami population is beginning to decline and requires human intervention to help repopulate. If so, we could increase the availability of food for the remaining hippopotami population to aid in increasing the number of hippopotamus in Gorongosa. W ILD C AM G ORONGOSA : W ORKSHEET Page 4 of 4

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