Description
The Nature Conservancy ecologist Chris Helzer asked how big a prairie needs to be in order to maintain ecological functions or, on the flip side, how much habitat fragmentation—breaking up of landscapes into smaller, unconnected, and dissimilar patches—undermines a prairie.
Recommended Citation
Obermeyer, Brian (2016). "How Big Does A Prairie Need To Be?," Symphony in the Flint Hills Field Journal. https://newprairiepress.org/sfh/2016/dream/3
How Big Does A Prairie Need To Be?
The Nature Conservancy ecologist Chris Helzer asked how big a prairie needs to be in order to maintain ecological functions or, on the flip side, how much habitat fragmentation—breaking up of landscapes into smaller, unconnected, and dissimilar patches—undermines a prairie.