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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
    • Full corridor surveys
    • Veterans Memorial Tollway – I-355
      • I-355 South Extension
      • Northern I-355 Corridor
      • 2022 – I355 Surveys
    • Ronald Reagan Tollway – I-88
    • Jane Addams Memorial Tollway – I-90
      • I-90 Pre-construction
      • I-90 Post-construction
      • Trout Park
    • Tri-State Tollway – I-294, I-94, and I-80
      • 294 Stream Surveys
    • I-390 Elgin O’hare
      • Elgin O’Hare Western Access – I-390
      • Elgin-O’Hare Lake Street terminus
    • Eden’s Spur
  • Research
    • eDNA
    • Mussels
      • Kishwaukee River Mussels
      • Salamander Mussel and the Mudpuppy
    • Fish
      • Iowa Darter
      • eDNA Fish projects
    • Insects
      • Rusty Patched Bumblebee
      • Hine’s Emerald Dragonfly
      • Aquatic Macroinvertebrates
    • Reptiles and Amphibians
      • Eastern Massasauga
      • Blanding’s Turtle
      • Carp Barrier
    • Birds
      • Cryptic wetland birds
      • Bird Migration Through Forest Preserves
    • Mammals
      • Bats
    • Botanical Research
      • White Cedar
    • Mitigation
      • North Chicago Wetland
      • Bioswales
      • Blackwell Forest Preserve
      • Orland Grassland Forest Preserve
      • Pine Dunes Forest Preserve

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RSS PACE Lab News

  • Restored meadows can support plenty of prey for Eastern Massasauga
    Current PaCE Lab graduate student Zander Perelman had two papers published recently from his M.Sc. research on Eastern Massasaugas in Pennsylvania. The first paper reported on the prey community at a restored meadow in western Pennsylvania. Often, restoration projects are focused on removing unwanted vegetation and re-establishing the plant community with the notion that “if […]
  • Even small urban wetlands can support wetland birds
    The landscape surrounding wetlands does not determine use by most wetland birds according to a new study by UBAP Ornithologist Anastasia Rahlin and collaborators Sarah P. Saunders (National Audubon) and Stephanie Beilke (Audubon Great Lakes). The three researchers have been studying marsh birds in the Chicagoland area for the past 3 years, and their results […]
  • Turtle Dogs return to Illinois
    The infamous John Rucker Turtle Dogs have returned to Illinois this spring to and have garnered a lot of media attention. INHS PaCE Lab M.Sc. student Andrea Colton has been there, searching for, collecting data, and marking the turtles. Check out some of the media stories and Andrea’s slideshow: Chicago Sun Times WREX13 ABC7 Denver […]
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