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Ecosphere, 2021 Species distributions are driven by abiotic and biotic factors, but the importance of variation in the availability and quality of critical resources is poorly understood.
A. Nalleli Carvajal Acosta +1 more
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Intragenomic polymorphisms among high-copy loci: a genus-wide study of nuclear ribosomal DNA in Asclepias (Apocynaceae) [PDF]
PeerJ, 2015 Despite knowledge that concerted evolution of high-copy loci is often imperfect, studies that investigate the extent of intragenomic polymorphisms and comparisons across a large number of species are rarely made.
Kevin Weitemier +3 more
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Monarch Butterflies Show Differential Utilization of Nine Midwestern Milkweed Species
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2018 Monarch butterfly overwintering numbers have declined over the past 20 years. Restoring habitat that includes milkweeds, the only host plants for larval monarch butterflies, is necessary to increase monarch numbers within the breeding range. The value of
Victoria Marie Pocius +7 more
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PLoS ONE, 2015 Climate change can profoundly alter species' distributions due to changes in temperature, precipitation, or seasonality. Migratory monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) may be particularly susceptible to climate-driven changes in host plant abundance or
Nathan P Lemoine
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Asclepias speciosa (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae): a rare or unrecognized alien species in Europe? [PDF]
PhytoKeys, 2019 Studies on populations of Asclepias syriaca L. in Lithuania revealed the occurrence of a new alien plant species, the North American native Asclepias speciosa Torr.
Zigmantas Gudžinskas +2 more
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Sandhill Milikweed, Asclepias humistrata
EDIS, 2018 Sandhill milkweed is scattered on backdunes, in sandhills, and often in disturbed areas, such as mowed roadsides. It has a range in Florida south to Lake Okeechobee and also occurs in coastal southeast states west to Louisiana and northeast to North ...
Debbie Miller +4 more
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Mapping of alien species of Asclepias syriaca and Fallopia japonica populations in the agricultural landscape [PDF]
Journal of Central European Agriculture, 2014 In recent years, Asclepias syriaca, a invasive neophyte, has spread aggressively in intensively farmed agricultural landscape in the Central Slovakia.
Zaneta PAUKOVA +2 more
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Oleander Aphid, Aphis nerii Boyer de Fonscolombe (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aphididae)
EDIS, 2004 The oleander aphid, Aphis nerii Boyer de Fonscolombe, sometimes called the milkweed aphid, is a common pest of several important ornamental plants in the families Apocynaceae and Asclepiadaceae. This bright yellow aphid with black appendages is commonly
Heather J. McAuslane
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A new species and a new combination of Asclepias(Asclepiadaceae) in southern Africa
Bothalia: African Biodiversity & Conservation, 1987 A new species is described: Asclepias gordon-grayae A. Nicholas, sp. nov. and a new combination is made: Asclepias compressidens (N.E. Br.) A. Nicholas, comb. nov.
A. Nicholas
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