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Connecting our dwindling natural habitats could help preserve plant diversity

During a huge, 18-year experiment, linked areas had greater biodiversity than isolated patches

butterfly milkweed

A massive ecological experiment suggests that connecting fragmented habitats with natural corridors can boost plant diversity, including butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa), a plant associated with longleaf pine savanna.

E. Damschen

By Jonathan Lambert

- More than 2 years ago

An ecological experiment so big it can be seen from space suggests that connecting isolated habitats with natural corridors can help preserve plant diversity.