Critical Trends Assessment Program 2003-2004 Report

Introduction -- TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS -- The Relationship between Forest Maturity, Forest Diversity, and Plant Distributions: Will Wildflowers Return to Disturbed Forests? / Greg Spyreas, Jeffrey W. Matthews, James Ellis, Connie Carroll, and Brenda Molano-Flores -- Maple Takeover: A Different Approach to Identifying an Ongoing Problem / Matt Buffington -- ForestWatch Data for Two Ecosystem Partnerships, Fall 2003 / Matt Buffington -- Regional, Landscape, and Patch Size Differences: Do They Matter for Forest Bird Species Across Illinois? / Brenda Molano-Flores, Steve Bailey, and Rhetta Jack -- Importance of Monitoring Terrestrial Arthropod Biodiversity in Illinois Ecosystems, with Special Reference to Auchenorrhyncha / Adam Wallner and Chris Dietrich -- AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS -- Illinois Streams; Conditions and Trends / Karen M. Miller -- One Hundred Fifty Years of Change in Illinois Streams, Stoneflies as a Case History / R. Edward DeWalt -- Occurrence and Causes of Low Abundance for RiverWatch Samples 1996-2003 / Alice BrandonOpe