Urban Ecology

East St. Louis Action Research Project
Lansdowne Neighborhood Redevelopment 2001

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Patches

(Landscape Ecology Principles in Landscape Architecture & Land-Use Planning: Forman)
 

Patches are isolated habitats of land that support many different plant and animal species.

Size:  Patches should be large enough to allow for enough space to support plant and animal species.  Small patches can be linked together for species movement and larger patches can accomodate a greater diversity of species which means less chance for extinction.

Problems:  The patches become divided creating a piece of land that is not large enough or too isolated to support plant and animal species.

Solutions: locate closer to mainland or larger habitat  and make sure the patch is large enough to support species on located on it.
 
 

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Document author(s) : Lisa Fricker, Elizabeth Hines & Tricia LoDestro
HTML by : Lisa Fricker & Elizabeth Hines
Last modified: April 8, 2001