Research Publications of Interest (not comprehensive)
“Field distribution and effects of Bt-expressing corn anthers on survival, development, and behavior of the monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus (L)”, Iowa State University, Ames, 2004.
, “Occurrence of common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) in cropland and adjacent areas.”, Crop Protection, vol. 19, pp. 363-366, 2000.
, “Reduction in common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) occurrence in Iowa cropland from 1999 to 2009.”, Crop Production, vol. 29, pp. 1542-1544, 2010.
, “Milkweed loss in agricultural fields because of herbicide use: effect on the monarch butterfly population”, Insect Conservation and Diversity, vol. 6, pp. 135-144, 2013.
, “Performance of early instar monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus L.) on nine milkweed species native to Iowa”, Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society , vol. 71, no. 3, 2017.
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“Milkweed Matters: Monarch Butterfly (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) Survival and Development on Nine Midwestern Milkweed Species”, Environmental Entomology , 2017.
milkweed_matters_oxford_2017.pdf (319.68 KB)
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“Monarch butterflies do not place all of their eggs in one basket: oviposition on nine Midwestern milkweed species”, Ecosphere, vol. 9, no. 1, 2018.
, “Monarch Butterflies Show Differential Utilization of Nine Midwestern Milkweed Species”, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2018.
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