You can work up the data with your classmates but please write up your reports individually.
Use the following outline to prepare your report.
These papers may be useful as background and in writing your study area description: Seabloom et al. (2003), Gram et al. (2004), Borchert et al. (1991)
You will need the following software tools: Excel (or a stats package to calculate sample size requirements), Primer (for similarity analysis, species richness analysis, and dominance plots), EstimateS (for rarefaction analysis).
Datasets: Sedgwick grassland species list cross-walked to group ID numbers, Sedgwick P/A data (formatted for EstimateS), Sedgwick P/A data (formatted for Primer), Sedgwick grassland cover data, shrubland line intercept data, tree basal area data, woodland point intercept data, Dudleya lanceolata count data.