Restoring monarch butterfly habitat in the Midwestern US: 'All hands on deck'

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2017, Pages

  Thogmartin, Wayne E ^a   López Hoffman, Laura ^b   Rohweder, Jason ^a   Diffendorfer, Jay ^c   Drum, Ryan ^d   Semmens, Darius ^c   Black, Scott ^e   Caldwell, Iris ^f   Cotter, Donita ^g   Drobney, Pauline ^h   Jackson, Laura L ⁱ   Gale, Michael ^h   Helmers, Doug ^j   Hilburger, Steve ^c   Howard, Elizabeth ^k   Oberhauser, Karen ^l   Pleasants, John ^m   Semmens, Brice ⁿ   Taylor, Orley ^o   Ward, Patrick ^g   Weltzin, Jake F ^c   Wiederholt, Ruscena ^b   more..

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^e The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation   (United States)

^f 1120 Science and Engineering Offices   (United States)

^g National Wildlife Refuge System   (United States)

^h Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

^j US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^k Journey North   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^m IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

agriculture; Asclepias syriaca; conservation design; Danaus plexippus; glyphosate; milkweed; strategic habitat conservation

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; RESTORATION;

ASCLEPIAS SYRIACA; DANAUS PLEXIPPUS; GLYPHOSATES; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MILKWEED;

AGRICULTURE;

AGRICULTURE; BUTTERFLY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DESIGN METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; GLYPHOSATE; GRASSLAND; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; LAND USE PLANNING; MIGRATORY POPULATION; NATURE RESERVE; POPULATION DECLINE; PROTECTED AREA; STRATEGIC APPROACH; WEED;

CANADA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MIDWEST; UNITED STATES;

ASCLEPIAS; ASCLEPIAS SYRIACA; DANAUS PLEXIPPUS; DANAUS PLEXIPPUS PLEXIPPUS;

EID: 85025690585     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aa7637     Document Type: Article

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