Presence and abundance of non-native plant species associated with recent energy development in the Williston Basin

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
Todd M Preston

Abstract

The Williston Basin, located in the Northern Great Plains, is experiencing rapid energy development with North Dakota and Montana being the epicenter of current and projected development in the USA. The average single-bore well pad is 5 acres with an estimated 58,485 wells in North Dakota alone. This landscape-level disturbance may provide a pathway for the establishment of non-native plants. To evaluate potential influences of energy development on the presence and abundance of non-native species, vegetation surveys were conducted at 30 oil well sites (14 ten-year-old and 16 five-year-old wells) and 14 control sites in native prairie environments across the Williston Basin. Non-native species richness and cover were recorded in four quadrats, located at equal distances, along four transects for a total of 16 quadrats per site. Non-natives were recorded at all 44 sites and ranged from 5 to 13 species, 7 to 15 species, and 2 to 8 species at the 10-year, 5-year, and control sites, respectively. Respective non-native cover ranged from 1 to 69, 16 to 76, and 2 to 82%. Total, forb, and graminoid non-native species richness and non-native forb cover were significantly greater at oil well sites compared to control sites. At oil well s...Continue Reading

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Jun 20, 2016·The Science of the Total Environment·Todd M Preston, Kevin Kim
Feb 21, 2019·Environmental Entomology·Zachary A SylvainDavid H Branson
Jul 26, 2017·Conservation Physiology·Kim Birnie-GauvinSteven J Cooke
Jul 6, 2019·PeerJ·Zachary A SylvainErin K Espeland
Jan 17, 2020·Journal of Environmental Management·Megan J DornbuschKevin K Sedivec

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