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.
, “Targeting perennial vegetation in agricultural landscapes for enhancing ecosystem services.”, Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems, vol. 29, pp. 101-125, 2012.
, “Road Worrier”, American Entomologist, vol. 61, pp. 5-8, 2015.
, “A cross-taxonomic comparison of insect responses to grassland management and land-use legacies.”, Ecosphere, vol. 2, no. 12, 2011.
, “Tracking climate impacts on the migratory monarch butterfly.”, Global Change Biology, vol. 18, pp. 3039-3049, 2012.
, “Unravelling the annual cycle in a migratory animal: breeding-season habitat loss drives population declines of monarch butterflies.”, J. Animal Ecology, vol. 84, pp. 155-165, 2015.
, “Development of best-practices for conserving beneficial insects within Iowa's agricultural landscape.”, Iowa State University, Ames, 2013.
, “Quality Over Quantity: Buffer Strips can be Improved with Select Native Plant Species.”, Environmental Entomology, vol. 43, no. 2, pp. 298-311, 2014.
, , “Reduction in common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) occurrence in Iowa cropland from 1999 to 2009.”, Crop Production, vol. 29, pp. 1542-1544, 2010.
, “Occurrence of common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) in cropland and adjacent areas.”, Crop Protection, vol. 19, pp. 363-366, 2000.
, “Attracting Beneficial Insects to Iowa Agricultural Crops through Floral Provisioning.”, Iowa State University, Ames, 2076, 2013.
, “Diversifying agricultural catchments by incorporating tallgrass prairie buffer strips.”, Ecological Restoration, vol. 31, pp. 201-211, 2013.
, “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.
, “Oviposition preference and larval performance of North American monarch butterflies on four Asclepias species”, Entom. Exp. Appl., vol. 116, pp. 9-20, 2005.
, “Crowding and disease: effects of host density on response to infection in a butterfly-parasite interaction”, Ecological Entomology, vol. 34, pp. 551-561, 2009.
, “Effect of postemergence fomesafen application on common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) growth and utilization by monarchs (Danaus plexippus)”, Crop Protection, vol. 116, pp. 121-125, 2018.
, “Improving Prairie Restorations”, 131, 2011.
, “Mechanisms altering exotic-native proportions in plant communities, and impacts on biodiversity and ecosystems.”, Iowa State University, Ames, 2013.
, , “Untangling the effects of fire, grazing, and land-use legacies on grassland butterfly communities.”, Biodiversity and Conservation, vol. 21, no. 11, pp. 2719-2746, 2012.
, “Temporal and spatial overlap between monarch larvae and corn pollen”, PNAS, vol. 98, pp. 11913-11918, 2001.
, “Monarch Butterflies Show Differential Utilization of Nine Midwestern Milkweed Species”, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2018.
, “Monarch butterflies do not place all of their eggs in one basket: oviposition on nine Midwestern milkweed species”, Ecosphere, vol. 9, no. 1, 2018.
, “Milkweed Matters: Monarch Butterfly (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) Survival and Development on Nine Midwestern Milkweed Species”, Environmental Entomology , 2017.
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“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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“Butterfly responses to habitat edges in the highly fragmented prairies of Central Iowa”, J. Animal Ecology, vol. 70, pp. 840-852, 2001.
, “Spatially explicit land-use and land-cover scenarios for the Great Plains of the United States”, Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, vol. 153, pp. 1-15, 2012.
, “Natal origins of migratory monarch butterflies at wintering colonies in Mexico: new isotopic evidence”, PNAS, vol. 95, pp. 15436-15439, 1998.
, “Dominant Grass Effects on Diversity and Functioning of Restored Grassland”, Iowa State University, Ames, 1428, 2003.
, “Native Cover Crops and Timing of Planting: Effects on Weed Invasion and Prairie Establishment.”, 815, 2007.
, “Plant Species Effects on Diversity and Weed Invasion Resistance in Restored Grasslands”, Iowa State University, Ames, 1299, 2004.
, “Native Cover Crops: Germination and First-Season Cover and Biomass”, Iowa State University, Ames, 1308, 2004.
, , “Plant Species Effects on Diversity and Weed Invasion Resistance in Restored Grasslands”, Iowa State University, Ames, 1174, 2005.
, “Native Cover Crops: Effects on Weed Invasion and Prairie Establishment”, Iowa State University, Ames, 1173, 2005.
, “Effects of fine-scale plant arrangement on grassland establishment.”, Iowa State University, Ames, 2010.
Effects of fine-scale plant arrangement on grassland establishmen.pdf (480.99 KB)
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“The Effect of Plant Distribution on Diversity and Exotic Species Invasion in Prairie Restoration”, Iowa State University, Ames, 493, 2008.
, “Dispersal and egg shortfall in Monarch butterflies: what happens when the matrix is cleaned up?”, Ecological Entomol., vol. 35, pp. 84-91, 2010.
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