Mixed-Species Gardens Increase Monarch Oviposition without Increasing Top-Down Predation

Invasive paper wasp turns urban pollinator gardens into ecological traps for monarch butterfly larvae

(2020) Adam M. Baker et al.   Scientific Reports

The complementarity between ecological infrastructure types benefits natural enemies and pollinators in a Mediterranean vineyard agroecosystem

(2019) Natalia Rosas‐Ramos et al.   ANNALS OF APPLIED BIOLOGY

Does Nature Need Cities? Pollinators Reveal a Role for Cities in Wildlife Conservation

(2019) Abigail Derby Lewis et al.   Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Western Monarch Population Plummets: Status, Probable Causes, and Recommended Conservation Actions

(2019) Emma M. Pelton et al.   Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Insect Declines in the Anthropocene

(2019) David L. Wagner   Annual Review of Entomology

Predators of monarch butterfly eggs and neonate larvae are more diverse than previously recognised

(2019) Sara L. Hermann et al.   Scientific Reports

Floral abundance and richness drive beneficial arthropod conservation and biological control on golf courses

(2019) Adam G. Dale et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Incorporating field behaviors into monarch surveys to promote informed conservation actions

(2019) Katherine C. Kral-O’Brien et al.   JOURNAL FOR NATURE CONSERVATION

Configuration and Location of Small Urban Gardens Affect Colonization by Monarch Butterflies

(2019) Adam M. Baker et al.   Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Anthropogenic Impacts on Mortality and Population Viability of the Monarch Butterfly

(2018) Stephen B. Malcolm   Annual Review of Entomology

Patterns and causes of oviposition in monarch butterflies: Implications for milkweed restoration

(2018) Grace M. Pitman et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Influence of urbanisation and plants on the diversity and abundance of aphids and their ladybird and hoverfly predators in domestic gardens

(2018) Elise A. ROCHA et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENTOMOLOGY

Do characteristics of pollinator-friendly gardens predict the diversity, abundance, and reproduction of butterflies?

(2018) Ania A. Majewska et al.   Insect Conservation and Diversity

Colonization and usage of eight milkweed (Asclepias) species by monarch butterflies and bees in urban garden settings

(2018) Adam M. Baker et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION

Monarch butterflies do not place all of their eggs in one basket: oviposition on nine Midwestern milkweed species

(2018) Victoria M. Pocius et al.   Ecosphere

Influence of urbanisation and plants on the diversity and abundance of aphids and their ladybird and hoverfly predators in domestic gardens

(2018) Elise A. ROCHA et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENTOMOLOGY

Migratory monarchs that encounter resident monarchs show life-history differences and higher rates of parasite infection

(2018) Dara A. Satterfield et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

A long-term survey of spring monarch butterflies in north-central Florida

(2018) Lincoln P. Brower et al.   JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY

Planting gardens to support insect pollinators

(2018) Ania Majewska et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Recruitment, survival, and parasitism of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) in milkweed gardens and conservation areas

(2018) Emily A. Geest et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION

Long-term effects of chlorantraniliprole reduced risk insecticide applied as seed treatment on lady beetle Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)

(2018) Rodrigo L. Oliveira et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Restoring monarch butterfly habitat in the Midwestern US: ‘all hands on deck’

(2017) Wayne E Thogmartin et al.   Environmental Research Letters

More than 75 percent decline over 27 years in total flying insect biomass in protected areas

(2017) Caspar A. Hallmann et al.   PLoS One

Conserving herbivorous and predatory insects in urban green spaces

(2017) Luis Mata et al.   Scientific Reports

Milkweed restoration in the Midwest for monarch butterfly recovery: estimates of milkweeds lost, milkweeds remaining and milkweeds that must be added to increase the monarch population

(2016) John Pleasants   Insect Conservation and Diversity

Monarchs in decline: a collateral landscape-level effect of modern agriculture

(2016) Carl Stenoien et al.   Insect Science

Can roadside habitat lead monarchs on a route to recovery?

(2016) Kyle Kasten et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION

Naturalized habitat on golf courses: source or sink for natural enemies and conservation biological control?

(2016) Emily K. Dobbs et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Habitat Productivity and Temporal Patterns of Monarch Butterfly Egg Densities in the Eastern United States

(2015) Carl Stenoien et al.   ANNALS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA

Immature Monarch Survival: Effects of Site Characteristics, Density, and Time

(2015) Kelly R. Nail et al.   ANNALS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA

Wildflower plantings enhance the abundance of natural enemies and their services in adjacent blueberry fields

(2015) Brett R. Blaauw et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONTROL

An Evaluation of Butterfly Gardens for Restoring Habitat for the Monarch Butterfly (Lepidoptera: Danaidae)

(2015) Brian T. Cutting et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY

Concentration-Response and Residual Activity of Insecticides to Control Herpetogramma phaeopteralis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in St. Augustinegrass

(2015) N. Tofangsazi et al.   JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY

Sublethal effects of chlorantraniliprole and thiamethoxam seed treatments when Lysiphlebus testaceipes feed on sunflower extrafloral nectar

(2014) Valéria F. Moscardini et al.   BIOCONTROL

Density-Dependent Interference of Aphids with Caterpillar-Induced Defenses in Arabidopsis: Involvement of Phytohormones and Transcription Factors

(2014) Anneke Kroes et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Why does a good thing become too much? Interactions between foliar nutrients and toxins determine performance of an insect herbivore

(2013) Leiling Tao et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Plant apparency, an overlooked driver of associational resistance to insect herbivory

(2013) Bastien Castagneyrol et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Assessing Insecticide Hazard to Bumble Bees Foraging on Flowering Weeds in Treated Lawns

(2013) Jonathan L. Larson et al.   PLoS One

Larger wildflower plantings increase natural enemy density, diversity, and biological control of sentinel prey, without increasing herbivore density

(2012) BRETT R. BLAAUW et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Milkweed loss in agricultural fields because of herbicide use: effect on the monarch butterfly population

(2012) JOHN M. PLEASANTS et al.   Insect Conservation and Diversity

Aphids indirectly increase virulence and transmission potential of a monarch butterfly parasite by reducing defensive chemistry of a shared food plant

(2011) Jacobus C. de Roode et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Comparative impact of an anthranilic diamide and other insecticidal chemistries on beneficial invertebrates and ecosystem services in turfgrass

(2011) Jonathan L Larson et al.   PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

Global pollinator declines: trends, impacts and drivers

(2010) Simon G. Potts et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Associational Resistance and Associational Susceptibility: Having Right or Wrong Neighbors

(2009) Pedro Barbosa et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Landscape diversity enhances biological control of an introduced crop pest in the north-central USA

(2009) M. M. Gardiner et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

The Influence of Eastern North American Autumnal Migrant Monarch Butterflies (Danaus plexippus L.) on Continuously Breeding Resident Monarch Populations in Southern Florida

(2009) Amy Knight et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Dynamics of oviposition in Danaus plexippus (Insecta: Lepidoptera) on milkweed, Asclepias spp

(2009) M. P. Zalucki et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Scaling up from gardens: biodiversity conservation in urban environments

(2009) Mark A. Goddard et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Effects of urbanization on species richness: A review of plants and animals

(2008) Michael L. McKinney   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS