Santa Monica Mountains Case Study

• Comparison 1: communities behind recovering and stable communities using Chi-square

• 3 of the 9 species disproportionately favor areas behind recovering boundaries
• Baccharis pilularis (p < 0.001
• Artemisia californica (p = 0.012)
• Eriogonum fasciculatum (p = 0.050)
• 3 species disproportionately favor areas behind stable boundaries
• Eriogonum cinereum (p = 0.006)
• Malosma laurina (p = 0.066)
• Salvia mellifera (p < 0.001)
• 3 native species indifferent to boundary type
• Mimulus aurantiacus (p = 0.875)
• Salvia leucophylla (p = 0.675)
• Stipa pulchra (p = 0.408)