Decline in herb species diversity over two decades in a temperate deciduous forest in Illinois¹

Agriculture & Biology

• temperate forests 100%
• deciduous forests 97%
• herbs 77%
• species diversity 67%
• censuses 46%
• biodiversity 34%
• flowering 30%
• habitat fragmentation 22%
• understory 21%
• flowers 14%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• temperate forest 94%
• deciduous forest 93%
• herb 91%
• species diversity 80%
• flowering 20%
• biodiversity loss 10%
• flower 9%
• understory 9%
• loss 9%
• colonization 7%
• biodiversity 6%
• comparison 3%