An Additional Source of Data on Northeastern Illinois Woodlands around the Time of Settlement

JON MENDELSON

doi:10.1674/0003-0031(2002)147[0279:AASODO]2.0.CO;2

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1 April 2002 An Additional Source of Data on Northeastern Illinois Woodlands around the Time of Settlement

JON MENDELSON

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The American Midland Naturalist, 147(2):279-286 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1674/0003-0031(2002)147[0279:AASODO]2.0.CO;2

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A new source of data on early postsettlement woodlands, witness trees in woodlot subdivision surveys, is described. Subdivision surveys of Thorn Grove, Will County, Illinois (1848–1856), using 92 witness trees, are compared to the presettlement 1834 Public Land Survey (PLS) including the same area. The woodland described in the subdivision surveys was richer in species, lower in density and composed of smaller trees than the woodland described in the PLS. Decreased density and tree size suggest beginning deforestation, but surveyor bias is a possibility.

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JON MENDELSON "An Additional Source of Data on Northeastern Illinois Woodlands around the Time of Settlement," The American Midland Naturalist 147(2), 279-286, (1 April 2002). https://doi.org/10.1674/0003-0031(2002)147[0279:AASODO]2.0.CO;2

Accepted: 1 December 2001; Published: 1 April 2002

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