Riparian buffers increase biodiversity (IMAGE)

University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences

Riparian buffers increase biodiversity

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New University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign research finds that for every 10% increase in riparian forest cover adjacent to agricultural fields, an additional terrestrial species is present.

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Eric Larson, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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