Autumn Evidence of Resource Partitioning

DUE BY MONDAY 8am, OCT. 12.

In lecture on Wednesday October 7, we discussed the concept of resource partitioning from chapter 5. Groups of 2-3 were given time to go outside and find a tree to investigate for evidence of resource partitioning.

As your chapter 5 assignment, each group* is asked to make a new post that gives a description (and photos if you have them!) of all the different signs that indicate the tree is used as a resource for different species. Be sure to address all the criteria below:

• How many pieces of evidence did you find on your tree?
• Describe the individual pieces of evidence that you observed (post photos where you can!)
• How many species can you account for?
• Can you infer what kind of organism left the evidence you saw? If you don't know the exact species try to make a more general guess (e.g. birds, butterfly/moth/insect).

*Only one person from each group needs to create a post, but all group members names should be included in order to allot credit to the entire group!

Naturalist Essay

Read the attached files on the assignment posted through the Blackboard "Assignments" page and think about what nature means to you. Take a walk for 45 minutes. Write a response (~1 page in length) about the nature on your walk. *

Think deeply here, the quality of the content matters. For instance think about where you chose to walk? What nature did you encounter? How do you think about the nature around you-do your feelings change when you're outside "in" nature? How do you interact with nature or how does nature interact with you on a daily basis? Did you notice anything different on your walk compared to what you usually notice on a daily basis?

*An eBlogger invitation to be a blog author was sent to all course users using your e-mail address on file with DePaul. Respond to that invitation to be able to post your response to the blog with full features (including the ability to attach photos!)

DON'T FORGET TO ALSO SUBMIT THROUGH THE BLACKBOARD "ASSIGNMENTS" PAGE.