I am a current doctoral student at Beijing Forestry University in the School of Ecology and Nature Conservation. My research focuses on the impact of climate change on avian responses and wetland habitat dynamics. More specifically, Water Birds Responses to Climate Variables in CuiHu Urban Wetland: A Comprehensive Study of Wetland Bird Communities and Habitat Dynamics It's in the design phase now. I am having some issues now, and I need your support.
1. I do not have bird population data for the last few years. But I have a checklist of birds for the last few years of my study site. How can I investigate the impact of climate change on the bird population in the wetland? Is there any other way? I want to show the relationship between bird diversity and abundance with climate variables.
2. What are the easiest methods to investigate submersible vegetation and sampling to determine the biomass?
It's easier to do bird counts and species identification on pristine versus damaged vegetation areas and then assess the effects of disturbance, which can be a proxy for possible climate change. With submersible vegetation, you will have to obtain samples, which might mean diving and also obtaining the roots for biomass calculations :)
- Badges
- Science topic