Left Side Band Transect
The
graph to the right shows the distribution of the poker chip species on the left side study site.
Individuals were counted as we moved away from the building each
meter along the transect. As can be seen the white poker chip
species was concentrated primarily near the building and there was a
strong correlation between the red and blue species.
Rigth Side Band Transect
The
graph to the right shows the distribution of the poker chip population
on the second study site. As can be seen there is a much larger
population size and wider distribution of the four poker chip species
in this study area than in the left side study area. Also, there
is a much stronger association between the red and blue poker chip
species at this study site than in the left side study area.
There is also a more even distribution of the white poker chip
species in this study area indicating that the habitat may be different
and they are able to survive better.
After
running an ANOVA data analysis on the red and blue poker chip species
in the right side band transect, it was found that there was not a
significant correlation between them. The ANOVA (F1,38=1.9,
p=0.18) shows that the association between these two species is not a
significant one. However, there still seems to be a correlation
between the presence on the red chips with the blue chips.
Running a correlation analysis on the data showed that there was
a correlation of 0.665 between the two species indicating a
fairly strong relationship between the occurance of the wo species
together.