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    Matthew Myers

    Herbivory Lab
    BIO 2
    4/21/15

    Herbivory
    Species of all types tend to each different species. Of these species, plants are the most
    abundant. Herbivory is the percentage of a plant that has been eaten by insect or animals. The
    percentage is made by identifying the area of the leaf then subtracting the eaten portion of the
    plant. Looking at the research question it is seen that does herbivory effect the plants? With a
    hypothesis of:
    Ho- Herbivory does effect the plants
    Ha- Herbivory doesnt effect the plants

    Method
    This lab had our group look for two individual species of plants. For each type of plant
    we collected 30 leaves total. 10 from each individual plant. This came to a total of 60 leaves. The
    group then traced each leaf on paper and measured the area and area of herbivory to calculate the
    percentage of herbivory. That was done with the equation:

    Area removed by herbivory

    X 100

    total are of leaf


    The percentages were then turned into a t-test.

    Results
    Table 1: Herbivory percentages

    Percentage

    Herbivory Percentage
    9
    8
    7
    6
    5
    4
    3
    2
    1
    0
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

    Leaf Number
    Plant A

    Plant B

    Looking at table one it can be seen that there was a more percentage of herbivory in plant B than
    there was in plant A. This means that plant A would have more defenses against herbivory that
    Plant B would. This also means that Plant B in general would be more likely to have a higher
    biomass and more at risk of dying out.
    Plant A;
    Mean: 0
    Median: 0

    Mode: 0
    Range: 8.38

    Plant B
    Mean: 0.76
    Median: 0
    Mode: 0
    Range: 6.48

    Discussion
    The basic idea of this lab was to identify the percentages of herbivory of plant species. In
    these species the question is does the percentage of herbivory effect the plants? I have accepted
    the hypothesis that it does effect it. This is due to the fact that the more herbivory there is, the
    more biomass the plant creates to compensate for the lack of foliage. It also effects weather the
    plant will die. In aspect it is impossible to understand the full spectrum of what is happening
    because of the limited pull of plants and species so in future studies it would be good to have
    more of each to document. It would also help to know the identification of each plant species and
    the abundance in the certain area.

    Reference
    Lab #14: Ecology Basics: Herbivory
    Nature.com. Nature Publishing Group. Web. 21 Apr. 2015.
    <http://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/predation-herbivory-and-parasitism-13261134>.

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