[HTML][HTML] Enhancing road verges to aid pollinator conservation: A review

BB Phillips, C Wallace, BR Roberts… - Biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Road verges provide habitats that have considerable potential as a tool for pollinator
conservation, especially given the significant area of land that they collectively cover …

An Evaluation of Studies on the Potential Threats Contributing to the Decline of Eastern Migratory North American Monarch Butterflies (Danaus plexippus)

AAE Wilcox, DTT Flockhart, AEM Newman… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The migratory monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) of eastern North America have
undergone large-scale declines, which may be attributable to a variety of underlying causes …

Harnessing knowledge of animal behavior to improve habitat restoration outcomes

R Hale, DT Blumstein, R Mac Nally, SE Swearer - Ecosphere, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Restoring degraded habitat to increase biodiversity is a global challenge. While habitat
restoration for animals should lead to self‐sustaining breeding populations of target species …

[HTML][HTML] Strategic mowing of roadside milkweeds increases monarch butterfly oviposition

SM Knight, DR Norris, R Derbyshire… - Global Ecology and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The eastern North American migratory population of monarch butterflies (Danaus
plexippus) has declined precipitously due, in part, to the widespread decline of its obligate …

Traffic influences nutritional quality of roadside plants for monarch caterpillars

TS Mitchell, L Agnew, R Meyer, KL Sikkink… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Roadside habitats are increasingly being targeted for restoration and conservation.
Roadside habitats often exhibit altered soil and plant chemistry due to pollution from …

Effects of simulated highway noise on heart rates of larval monarch butterflies, Danaus plexippus: implications for roadside habitat suitability

AK Davis, H Schroeder, I Yeager… - Biology …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Developed countries around the world are criss-crossed with vast networks of roadways.
Conservationists have recently focused attention on roadsides as possible locations for …

Employing very high frequency (VHF) radio telemetry to recreate monarch butterfly flight paths

KE Fisher, JS Adelman… - Environmental …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The overwintering population of eastern North American monarch butterflies (Danaus
plexippus) has declined significantly. Loss of milkweed (Asclepias sp.), the monarch's …

The integrated monarch monitoring program: from design to implementation

AB Cariveau, HL Holt, JP Ward, L Lukens… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Steep declines in North American monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) populations have
prompted continent-wide conservation efforts. While monarch monitoring efforts have …

[HTML][HTML] Evidence-based landscape architecture for human health and well-being

RD Brown, RC Corry - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
More than 80% of the people in the USA and Canada live in cities. Urban development
replaces natural environments with built environments resulting in limited access to outdoor …

Rapid assessment of roadsides as potential habitat for monarchs and other pollinators

AB Cariveau, E Anderson, KA Baum… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Sustaining native pollinator populations and reversing declines in species such as the
monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) will require enhancing and maintaining habitats …