Restoring monarch butterfly habitat in the Midwestern US: ‘all hands on deck’ by Wayne E Thogmartin, Laura López-Hoffman, Jason Rohweder, Jay Diffendorfer, Ryan Drum, Darius Semmens, Scott Black, Iris Caldwell, Donita Cotter, Pauline Drobney, Laura L Jackson, Michael Gale, Doug Helmers, Steve Hilburger, Elizabeth Howard, Karen Oberhauser, John Pleasants, Brice Semmens, Orley Taylor, Patrick Ward, Jake F Weltzin, Ruscena Wiederholt

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What monarch butterfly waystation names and characteristics can reveal about program participants by Emily A. Geest, Orley R. Taylor, Kristen A. Baum

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Estimating Milkweed Abundance in Metropolitan Areas Under Existing and User-Defined Scenarios by Mark K. Johnston, Erika M. Hasle, Karen R. Klinger, Marc P. Lambruschi, Abigail Derby Lewis, Douglas F. Stotz, Alexis M. Winter, Mark J. Bouman, Izabella Redlinski

“…To understand the current and potential contribution of milkweed stems in metropolitan areas, our research teams surveyed milkweed densities using a new “metro-transect” protocol and conducted interviews and surveys across a diverse set of stakeholder groups in four major metropolitan areas (Chicago, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Kansas City, and Austin). We developed Geographic Information System (GIS) tools that use these data to model existing milkweed stems in metropolitan areas, and to estimate the potential to add additional milkweed stems with the adoption of milkweed-friendly planting practices across different land use classes (e.g., residential, institutional, and commercial). …”
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