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Great Lakes Moment: Small habitat patches can have big ecological impact

By: John Hartig, Great Lakes Now

Contradicting the historical conservation planning tenet that gave preference to protecting larger, more intact areas, a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science has shown that small, isolated patches of habitat are inordinately important for biodiversity conservation.  

The bottom line is that large habitat tracts are important – but so are small ones.  

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