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Results from 2014 Vegetation Monitoring in Prairie and Old Field Habitats Following Shrub Removal at the North Chicago Wetland Mitigation Site, Lake County, Illinois

Taft, John B.; Grant, Hannah L.; Cunningham, Connie C.

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Title
Results from 2014 Vegetation Monitoring in Prairie and Old Field Habitats Following Shrub Removal at the North Chicago Wetland Mitigation Site, Lake County, Illinois
Author(s)
  • Taft, John B.
  • Grant, Hannah L.
  • Cunningham, Connie C.
Issue Date
2015-03-11
Keyword(s)
  • ecological monitoring
  • species richness
  • diversity
  • profile analysis
  • prairie
  • restoration
  • Illinois Tollway Authority
Abstract
This report focuses on results from vegetation monitoring in terrestrial plant communities during 2014 and compares trends among reference prairie, transect prairie, and old field habitats. There are four main questions: 1. What are the site-level comparative trends in species composition, total richness, and floristic quality and, for old field and prairie habitats (combining reference prairie and transect prairie habitats), what are the changes in species composition and abundance? 2. Based on 2014 sample data, are there significant between-subjects differences (vegetation types) with regard to ground layer and shrub/sapling parameters (e.g., composition, species richness, diversity, and cover - see Methods for full list and parameter definitions)?3. Are there significant within-subjects differences (year) in these parameters since the 2009 baseline data for each vegetation type and when (what year) do the differences occur?4. What are the between-subjects and within-subjects interactions (i.e., vegetation type x sample year) for selected vegetation parameters since 2009?
Publisher
Illinois Natural History Survey
Series/Report Name or Number
Technical Report INHS 2015 (06)
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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This document is a product of the Illinois Natural History Survey, and has been selected and made available by the Illinois Natural History Survey and the University Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It is intended solely for noncommercial research and educational use, and proper attribution is requested.

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