60 Years After Pioneering Survey, Wisconsin Prairies Are Changing Rapidly
Friday, February 19, 2016 - 15:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Between 1947 and 1956, John Curtis and his colleagues and students conducted their prairie relic study, surveying more than 200 undisturbed prairie remnants in Wisconsin. Today [Feb. 19, 2016] UW-Madison graduate student Amy Alstad and a team of researchers have published a third survey based on Curtis' legacy work. They found that human influence has accelerated the rate of species change in these prairies.