The Importance of Shifting Disturbance Regimes in Monarch Butterfly Decline and Recovery

The Importance of Shifting Disturbance Regimes in Monarch Butterfly Decline and Recovery

The Eastern migratory monarch butterfly has declined in recent decades, partly because widespread adoption of herbicide-resistant corn and soybean has nearly eliminated common milkweed from crop fields in the US Midwest. We argue that in addition to milkweed loss, monarch declines were likely exacer...

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Main Authors: Nathan L. Haan, Douglas A. Landis
Format: Article
Sprog:English
Udgivet: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-05-01
Serier:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Fag:
disturbance
predation
monarch butterfly
butterfly conservation
agricultural landscapes
Online adgang:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2019.00191/full

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https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2019.00191/full

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