Black Belt Biodiversity
The black belt prairie is a crescent-shaped grassland ecosystem curving through Mississippi and Alabama that supports high biodiversity. Sadly, like grasslands across the globe, the black belt prairie ecosystem continues to be carved up into increasingly smaller chunks of habitat. What is left often suffers from degradation due to a lack of life-giving fires. Understanding what remains in these habitats and how ecological restoration efforts can bring back some of what has been lost is of utmost importance. Joining In Defense of Plants podcast to talk about this is Dr. JoVonn Hill who aims to understand the links between plants and arthropods like grasshoppers.
