Raw data of Auchenorrhyncha (Hemiptera) species presence and abundance from samples collected as part of Morgan Brown's M.S. thesis entitled "Investigating changes in Auchenorrhyncha (Hemiptera) communities in Illinois prairies over 25 years."
Collection_Events_MBrown.pdf contains information that corresponds to each collection event code listed in the raw data files, including coordinates, date of collection, collection method, and name of collector.
Each CSV file contains Auchenorrhyncha species presence and abundance data from each sampling area in Illinois: Route 45 Railroad Prairie, Richardson Wildlife Foundation, Mason County nature preserves, and Twelve Mile Prairie. Variables included in the CSV files include:
Family: Taxonomic family to which each species belongs
Subfamily: Taxonomic subfamily to which each species belongs
Tribe: Taxonomic tribe to which each species belongs
Species: Lowest taxonomic level to which individuals were identified
The first row of column 5 to the end are collection event codes which correspond to each code listed in the PDF