Illinois Natural History Survey - University of Illinois

Jeffrey W. Matthews
1816 S. Oak Street
Champaign, IL 61820
MC–652
Phone: 217-244-2168   Fax: 217-333-4949
Email: matthews@inhs.illinois.edu
Title: Wetland Plant Ecologist
Office Location: I-BLDG

Activities wetland delineation, wetland mitigation site assessment and monitoring

Research
Research interests include plant community and restoration ecology. Current research focuses on plant community responses to landscape disturbance, plant community development in ecological restorations, evaluation of wetland mitigation sites, and floristic quality assessment.

Message to
Students
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Selected
publications
Matthews, J.W., A.L. Peralta, A. Soni, P. Baldwin, A.D. Kent, and A.G. Endress. Local and landscape correlates of non-native species invasion in restored wetlands. Ecography. In press.

Matthews, J.W., G. Spyreas, and A.G. Endress. 2009. Trajectories of vegetation-based indicators used to assess wetland restoration progress. Ecological Applications 19:2093-2107.

Matthews, J.W., A.L. Peralta, D.N. Flanagan, P.M. Baldwin, A. Soni, A.D. Kent, and A.G. Endress. 2009. Relative influence of landscape versus local factors on plant community assembly in restored wetlands. Ecological Applications 19:2108-2123.

Matthews, J.W. and A.G. Endress. 2008. Performance criteria, compliance success and vegetation development in compensatory mitigation wetlands. Environmental Management 41:130-141.

Spyreas, G. and J.W. Matthews. 2006. Development of second-growth forest, floristic conservation value, and nested understory floras. Ecological Applications 16:1351-1366.

Matthews, J.W., P.A. Tessene, S.M. Wiesbrook, and B.W. Zercher. 2005. Effect of area and isolation on species richness and indices of floristic quality in Illinois, USA wetlands. Wetlands 25:607-615.


Professional
society
involvement
and activities
Member of: Ecological Society of America
Society of Wetland Scientists
Society for Ecological Restoration International
Illinois Native Plant Society
Natural Areas Association

Education PhD, Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2008

MA, Ecological & Evolutionary Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1999

BS, Zoology, Miami University, Oxford, OH, 1997

BA, Zoology and Botany, Miami University, Oxford, OH, 1997



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