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Urban Biotic Assessment Program (UBAP)

Urban Biotic Assessment Program (UBAP)

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  • PACE Lab
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  • Project Map
    • Elgin O’Hare Western Access – I-390
    • Veterans Memorial Tollway – I-355
      • I-355 Pre-construction
      • I-355 During construction
      • I-355 Post-construction
    • Jane Addams Memorial Tollway – I-90
      • I-90 Pre-construction
      • I-90 Post-construction
      • Trout Park
    • Ronald Reagan Tollway – I-88
    • Tri-State Tollway – I-294, I-94, and I-80
      • Bird Migration Through Forest Preserves
      • 294 Stream Surveys
  • Research
    • Mussels
      • Kishwaukee River Mussels
    • Fish
      • Iowa Darter
    • Aquatic Macroinvertebrates
      • Hine’s Emerald Dragonfly
    • Birds
      • Bird Migration Through Forest Preserves
    • Mammals
    • Reptiles and Amphibians
      • Blanding’s Turtle
      • Eastern Massasauga
      • Carp Barrier
    • Botanical Research
      • White Cedar
    • Mitigation
      • North Chicago Wetland
        • Aquatic Invertebrates at North Chicago Wetland
        • Bats at North Chicago Wetland
        • Birds at North Chicago Wetland
        • Plants at North Chicago Wetland
        • Amphibians and Reptiles at North Chicago Wetland
      • Bioswales

Publications

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RSS PACE Lab News

  • Spotted, Blanding’s, and Wood turtle ​ ​conservation symposium
    PACE Lab head Michael Dreslik and herpetologist Jason Ross presented at the 2019 Spotted, Blanding’s, and Wood turtle conservation symposium held in West Virginia this November. http://www.americanturtles.org/2019symposium.html Population Viability Analysis and the Role of Head-starting for a northern Illinois Blanding’s Turtle Population Rapid Demographic Assessments for Freshwater Turtles: Filling in Data Deficiencies
  • Radio telemetry used to improve environmental DNA use
    Environmental DNA (eDNA) is an emerging tool used to detect rare and difficult to detect species. A recent study by INHS PACE Lab herpetologists used radio telemetry to evaluate and improve the efficiency of this technique. As part of a species reintroduction program, hatchling Alligator Snapping Turtles reared in captivity were tracked using radio telemetry […]
  • We’re Hiring!
    Are you interested in starting a career in field herpetology? The #INHSPACELAB Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Program is looking to hire two herpetology field technicians to work on our long-term Eastern Massasauga and Blanding’s Turtle research projects in 2020.   See complete requirements and details here
  • White Cedar project presented at Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands Symposium
    Sara Johnson, of the Molano-Flores lab at the Illinois Natural History Survey, presented a poster and lightning talk about Illinois Tollway funded research on the Effects of Soluble Salt on the Germination of Thuja occidentalis at the Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands Symposium in Maumee Bay, Ohio last week. This conference was the first symposium hosted […]
  • PaCE Lab at the Illinois State Fair
    Members of the PaCE Lab exhibited in Conservation World at the 2019 Illinois State Fair, providing information and education to over 500 visitors. In addition to displays about the research being done by the group, visitors were able to try their hand at using actual field equipment used by scientists in their daily work. The […]
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