Ground Beetle Diversity in Sand Prairies and Restored Tallgrass Prairies of West-central Illinois
Title | Ground Beetle Diversity in Sand Prairies and Restored Tallgrass Prairies of West-central Illinois PDF eBook |
Author | Jessi L. Edmiston |
Publisher | |
Pages | 64 |
Release | 2018 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780438353909 |
Seasonal Diversity, Species Composition, and Functional Trait Diversity of Ground Beetle Communities in Tallgrass Prairies at Nachusa Grasslands in Northern Illinois
Title | Seasonal Diversity, Species Composition, and Functional Trait Diversity of Ground Beetle Communities in Tallgrass Prairies at Nachusa Grasslands in Northern Illinois PDF eBook |
Author | Katie A. LaMagdeleine-Dent |
Publisher | |
Pages | 80 |
Release | 2018 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780438806498 |
Ground Beetle Community Structure and Function in Restored Tallgrass Prairie
Title | Ground Beetle Community Structure and Function in Restored Tallgrass Prairie PDF eBook |
Author | Melissa Nelson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 49 |
Release | 2019 |
Genre | Conservation biology |
ISBN | 9781085597906 |
With the removal and destruction of natural areas for human use, there is a push to restore natural habitats. However, most restoration activities focus on reestablishing plant communities, while less is known about the recovery of organisms in higher trophic levels and their functional roles. Considering functional traits (those that explain an organisms' response to environmental change and impacts on ecosystems) of restored communities may reveal how communities, and the ecosystem functions they drive, recover. Of particular interest are ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) because of their diversity and important ecological roles as consumers. This study focused on the ground beetle community's taxonomic and functional responses to time since restoration, presence of bison, and prescribed fire to make predictions of how ground beetles influence restoration outcomes in tallgrass prairie. Specifically, the functional responses of interest were seed and arthropod predation. FDiv and FDis, two measures of functional diversity, were negatively affected by prescribed fire and presence of bison, but older restored sites had higher FDiv and FDis values. Predation rates, related to ecosystem functioning, also declined with recent fire. Older sites also had a higher activity density (abundance) of ground beetles, and bison created particularly favorable habitat for carnivorous and flightless species. While there was no clear pattern of how site age or bison impacted the ground beetle community, prescribed fire tended to reduce functional diversity and predatory function. Therefore, land managers should consider the timeframe between prescribed burns in order to allow the ground beetle community to reestablish, if the goal is to increase ground beetle community diversity and functional diversity.
The Ground Beetles (Coleoptera--Carabidae) of Tallgrass Prairie Remnants in Western Minnesota
Title | The Ground Beetles (Coleoptera--Carabidae) of Tallgrass Prairie Remnants in Western Minnesota PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Phillip Tinerella |
Publisher | |
Pages | 366 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Ground beetles |
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Prescribed Burning Guidelines in the Northern Great Plains
Title | Prescribed Burning Guidelines in the Northern Great Plains PDF eBook |
Author | Kenneth F. Higgins |
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Pages | 40 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | Burning of land |
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Plants of the Chicago Region
Title | Plants of the Chicago Region PDF eBook |
Author | Floyd Swink |
Publisher | |
Pages | 942 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Nature |
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An annotated checklist of the Vascular Flora of the Chicago Region with keys, this book contains notes on local distribution, ecology and taxonomy; a system for the qualitative evaluation of plant communities; a natural divisions' map; and a description of natural plant communities. This comprehensive and detailed treatment employs the revolutionary Coefficient of Conservatism (C values) and Floristic Quality Assessment methodology. "The Swink and Wilhelm tome is one of the very few where I know it will pay to check every species against my [Michigan Flora] manuscript."—Edward Voss
PRAIRIEMAP, a GIS Database for Prairie Grassland Management in Western North America
Title | PRAIRIEMAP, a GIS Database for Prairie Grassland Management in Western North America PDF eBook |
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Pages | 6 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Geographic information systems |
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The PRAIRIEMAP web site (http://prairiemap.wr.usgs.gov) contains links to partners, documentation of the data, and a directory of GIS data that can be downloaded.