Santa Monica Mountains Case Study

• The recovering vs. stable boundary issue emerged in the Santa Monicas and drove a lot of our data collection, so I'll focus on the 3 sites there.

• n = 327 species identifications
• Recovering = 201
• Stable = 126
• Species richness measures:
• Western Santa Monica Mountains gamma = 26
• La Jolla Valley alpha = 20
• Serrano Valley alpha = 12
• Charmlee Park alpha = 9
• Species contrast measures:
• La Jolla Valley vs. Serrano Valley beta index = 0.500
• La Jolla Valley vs. Charmlee Park beta index = 0.517
• Serrano Valley vs. Charmlee Park beta index = 0.714