kellyaus
Capstone 4 Map
Internet research:
This is a type of an oak tree.
It disperses by dropping acorns, which then get moved by other organisms,
It is found in temperate zones, generally to the north (www.about-oak-trees.com/index2.htm),
They reproduce by flowering and having pollinators come through and pollinate. Once pollinated the acorns drop and can be broken by algae to release its seed which then can grow into a tree (www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/bio99/bio99643.htm),
Once an oak tree is fully mature it can produce over 2000 acorns a year (ejad.best.vwh.net/java/population/facts_oaks.html),
It does not have any special adaptions besides the acorn to protect the seed.
Observation:
I would say I am looking at a single population. Because the oak is so big and it has its unique seed dispersal the population is over quite a large area. It's nearest mating members are in the lot I looked at as well as members in the lots next door which you can see. It is a pretty random distribution, some are closer to each other than others, and some are spread extremely far apart. This tree seemed to be located where there was soil on one side of it where just grasses were growing on it. When venturing off the trails a great distance I never found any, they were all located right off the trail, maybe so there was nutrients in the soils that were not being taken by other trees. I believe that it is a source because it is giving off oxygen into the environment and does not seem to take up a lot of nitrogen or phosphates since none are found in highly dense areas. The offspring probably would go on the lot, in the meadows, where my family has to chop them down every year, or into neighboring yards. Immigrants can come from down the river then get picked up by a bird and dropped onto our land.
Math Stuff:
Literature:
R.B. Miller/1923/ White Oaks- In this experiment Miller was studying the age dynamics of the oak trees. He determined that there were a lot less old trees than young ones in Illinios. He did not specify why, but in the case of the ones I am looking at, It is probably because the old ones can get to be too big and get in the ways of the power lines, or there is just simply not enough nutrients where we are forcing them to grow to sustain larger and older trees.
In the Weevil expirement from our podcast in week 4 angel.msu.edu/section/content/default.asp?WCI=pgDisplay&a...
It talked about introducing the weevils to eat the mile a minute weed., however the weevils also eat the acorns of the oak trees preventing less seeds from dispersing which is an example of disadvantages of invasive species. (www.fs.fed.us/r8/foresthealth/pubs/oakpests/p35.html)
Capstone 4 Map
Internet research:
This is a type of an oak tree.
It disperses by dropping acorns, which then get moved by other organisms,
It is found in temperate zones, generally to the north (www.about-oak-trees.com/index2.htm),
They reproduce by flowering and having pollinators come through and pollinate. Once pollinated the acorns drop and can be broken by algae to release its seed which then can grow into a tree (www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/bio99/bio99643.htm),
Once an oak tree is fully mature it can produce over 2000 acorns a year (ejad.best.vwh.net/java/population/facts_oaks.html),
It does not have any special adaptions besides the acorn to protect the seed.
Observation:
I would say I am looking at a single population. Because the oak is so big and it has its unique seed dispersal the population is over quite a large area. It's nearest mating members are in the lot I looked at as well as members in the lots next door which you can see. It is a pretty random distribution, some are closer to each other than others, and some are spread extremely far apart. This tree seemed to be located where there was soil on one side of it where just grasses were growing on it. When venturing off the trails a great distance I never found any, they were all located right off the trail, maybe so there was nutrients in the soils that were not being taken by other trees. I believe that it is a source because it is giving off oxygen into the environment and does not seem to take up a lot of nitrogen or phosphates since none are found in highly dense areas. The offspring probably would go on the lot, in the meadows, where my family has to chop them down every year, or into neighboring yards. Immigrants can come from down the river then get picked up by a bird and dropped onto our land.
Math Stuff:
Literature:
R.B. Miller/1923/ White Oaks- In this experiment Miller was studying the age dynamics of the oak trees. He determined that there were a lot less old trees than young ones in Illinios. He did not specify why, but in the case of the ones I am looking at, It is probably because the old ones can get to be too big and get in the ways of the power lines, or there is just simply not enough nutrients where we are forcing them to grow to sustain larger and older trees.
In the Weevil expirement from our podcast in week 4 angel.msu.edu/section/content/default.asp?WCI=pgDisplay&a...
It talked about introducing the weevils to eat the mile a minute weed., however the weevils also eat the acorns of the oak trees preventing less seeds from dispersing which is an example of disadvantages of invasive species. (www.fs.fed.us/r8/foresthealth/pubs/oakpests/p35.html)