Connecting our dwindling natural habitats could help preserve plant diversity
During a huge, 18-year experiment, linked areas had greater biodiversity than isolated patches
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
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