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    <title language="eng">INVESTIGATING SOIL BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY IN VARIABLE AGRICULTURAL SAMPLE SITES USING BAIT LAMINA METHODOLOGY</title>
    <abstract language="eng">This research investigates the relationship between feeding activity and soil characteristics using Bait Lamina Methodology at six agricultural sample sites in western Germany. The ability to incorporate citizen science for data collection and evaluation is assessed and the quality of that data is compared using analysis of variance between group types. It was found that fertilization is strongly correlated with feeding activity (0.877). Positive correlations between temperature, soil moisture and soil organic matter content were also observed, although with varying degrees of influence. Mean feeding activities among different evaluating groups of students, staff, pupils, scout members and farming cooperative members (Solawi) did not deviate significantly from each other (p= 0.66 among students, Solawi and staff members, and p=0.52 among students, pupils and scout members, alpha= 0.05) . Data processing however for non staff and student groups was more arduous as more tallying mistakes were made than formerly mentioned groups. Results suggest that the bait lamina methodology is suited for citizen science, although data quality can easily be improved by digitizing evaluation handouts, with automation/formulas embedded for tallying.</abstract>
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    <licence>CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 International - Namensnennung-Nicht kommerziell-Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen</licence>
    <author>Adiel Batson</author>
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      <value>Bait Lamina Test</value>
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      <value>Biological activity</value>
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    <collection role="institutes" number="">Fakultät Kommunikation und Umwelt</collection>
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