Publications

Peer-reviewed Publications

Technical Reports, Theses, and Dissertations

  • Baty, J., D.N. Zaya, G. Spyreas, B. Molano-Flores, T.J. Benson.  2015. Conservation of the Illinois flora: A climate change vulnerability assessment of 73 plant species. INHS Technical Report 2015 (32). Illinois Natural History Survey. Champaign. 211 pp.
  • Bol, L., A. M. Holtrop, L. C. Hinz Jr., J. Epifanio.  2007.  Evaluating streams in Illinois based on biodiversity.  Project Completion Report to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.  Illinois Natural History Survey Technical Report 2007/57.
  • DeWalt, R. E., C. A. Taylor, J. S. Tiemann, K. S. Cummings. 2009. Aquatic macroinvertebrate assemblages in Illinois: diversity, changes, and prospects for the future, pp. 163-176 In: C. A. Taylor, J. B. Taft, and C. E. Warwick (eds.). Canaries in the Catbird Seat, The Past, Present, and Future of Biological Resources in a Changing Environment. Illinois Natural History Survey Special Publication 30. 306 pp.
  • Ellis, J., J. Forrest, T. Rye. 2010. A Botanical Assessment of Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) Sites in Illinois. INHS Technical Report 2010 (09). Illinois Natural History Survey. Champaign. 74 pp.
  • Ellis, J., J. Forrest. 2010. Additional Botanical Assessment of Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) Sites in Illinois. INHS Technical Report 2010 (47). Illinois Natural History Survey. Champaign. 51 pp.
  • Mountjoy, N.J.  2014. Community-based natural resource management: Group capacity, resource management planning and assessing success.  PhD Dissertation, Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
  • Sangunett, B.M. 2005. Reference conditions for streams in the Grand Prairie natural division of Illinois. M. S. Thesis, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
  • Spyreas, G., M.P. Ward. 2011. An Index of Biological Integrity (IBI) to monitor and assess Illinois’ wetlands.  Final Report CD 00E50901 to U.S. EPA. Illinois Natural History Survey, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
  • Spyreas, G. 2014. An examination of temporal trends, regional variation, and habitat-type differences in site-level Floristic Quality, and their implications for the use of Floristic Quality Assessment. PhD Dissertation, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
  • Wallace, M.P. 2001. A floristic comparison of dry-mesic upland forest communities in Illinois. M. S. Thesis, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
  • Wallner, A. 2010. Evaluating North American tallgrass prairiequality using the Auchenorrhyncha quality index.  PhD Dissertation, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
  • Wallner, A, Dietrich. 2003.  Importance of monitoring terrestrial arthropod biodiversity in Illinois ecosystems, with special reference to Auchenorrhyncha. Critical Trends Assessment Program 2003-2004 Arthropod Report. Illinois Natural History Survey, Urbana-Champaign.

Reports