Relationships between Plant Diversity and Grasshopper Diversity and Abundance in the Little Missouri National Grassland

Table 1

Characteristics of each site in western North Dakota.

Site	Elevation (m)	Coordinates	Plant species		Grasshopper species
			2001	2002	2001	2002
Charbonneau	689	47∘4633N 103∘4930 W	11	6	19	19
Cheney	603	47∘4429N 104∘0135 W	5	8	∗	16
Devitt	600	47∘3837N 104∘0153 W	12	7	18	14
East	710	47∘3635 N 103∘5609 W	8	7	13	18
Plant	609	47∘3805 N 104∘0108 W	8	5	17	16
Jacobson5A	690	47∘4804 N 103∘4831 W	6	5	19	24
Klandl	667	47∘3827 N 103∘5724 W	5	6	19	27
IndergardN	675	47∘3514 N 103∘4939 W	8	7	15	13
IndergardS	730	47∘3443 N 103∘5046 W	7	6	23	22
Rau	757	47∘4208 N 103∘5715 W	11	9	14	20
Saltwell	751	47∘3632 N 103∘5605 W	5	8	15	24
SD101	700	47∘3323 N 104∘0021 W	8	5	17	18
101 Creek	654	47∘3344 N 104∘0030 W	9	8	11	18
SM02	686	47∘3928 N 103∘5118 W	5	4	19	20
SM05B	740	47∘3742 N 103∘4545 W	10	7	20	21
SM05NB	747	47∘3703 N 103∘4558 W	10	8	21	20
SM07B	655	47∘3654 N 103∘4854 W	8	9	13	19
SM11	708	47∘4337 N 103∘5224 W	8	9	21	20
SM12	719	47∘4355 N 103∘5046 W	7	5	13	19
SM13	704	47∘4311 N 103∘4905 W	7	9	17	18
Shadwell	717	47∘2603 N 104∘0230 W	8	5	18	19
Whited	703	47∘2836 N 104∘0421 W	8	7	15	16
Windmill	658	47∘3907 N 104∘0011 W	3	4	15	20