Chapter 5 Biotic Drivers of Change

5.1 Invasive Plants

This initiative started as part of the regional effort for the study of the long-term effect of white-tail deer on the dispersion of invasive plants across the mid-Atlantic forest (Shen, 2016). The surveys have been conducted in 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2018. We aim to record the number or coverage of invasive plants present at 640 unique 20x20 m quadrats within the 26.4 ha plot. For woody plants, we count the individual stems and for exotic herbaceous species we visually estimate their cover (in %) within a quadrat.

5.2 Exotic Pests and Pathogens

-expand on data found in Shenandoah paper

-add table pest/pathogens started by Ryan)