ABI Section A 2025: It begins
A jam-packed schedule for day one of the course. Marshall introduced the course logistics and our overall goal of performing a great ecology research project. We set up our digital workspaces (R, Google Drive, Zotero, and Slack) and even had some time to take some quick field trips. We also learned everyone's names and hobbies, which may come in handy for our project if it ends up requiring baking, running, slam dunks, music, a killer tennis serve, Tokyo drifting in fancy cars, reality tv, painting, or woodworking. Here are the minutes: ABI 198- Animal Ecology in the Field During class, head Chef Marshall 🍳 introduced all us line cooks to the secret recipe for a great ecology research project: 1. A Field site 2. Methods 3. Study organism 4. Question Over the next few weeks students will explore various fields sites and learn about different methods we could use for our project. Chef Marshall also shared his recipe for what makes an excellent research project, more broadly: 1 part ...