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Returning neighbors: eastern wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) occupancy in an urban landscape

The Journal of Wildlife Management, Volume 90, Issue 1, January 2026.
We found that urban wild turkey had a higher probability of occupying a site if it was farther from roads and trails, closer to water, had more available habitat at finer spatial scales, or had lower mean tree height at larger spatial scales Abstract Once extirpated from most of its range because of overharvest and habitat loss in the early 1900s, the ...
Merri K. Collins, Katherine E. Edwards, Scott Bates, Travis Gallo   +3 more
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Spreading of recently introduced North American sand dropseed (Sporobolus cryptandrus) threatens European native dry grassland arthropods

Insect Conservation and Diversity, Volume 19, Issue 1, Page 131-145, January 2026.
The effects of sand dropseed (Sporobolus cryptandrus) invasion on arthropods depended on its density and varied between habitat types and arthropod groups. Vegetation‐dwelling, primarily herbivorous orthopterans and true bugs were most sensitive to invasion. Sand dropseed negatively affected the arthropod species of high natural value.
Márton Zoltán Szabó, Botond Magyar, Anna Viola Nagy, Nikolett Gallé‐Szpisjak, Péter Batáry, Attila Torma   +5 more
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First record of parasitoidism in Danaus erippus (Cramer, 1775) pupae (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae): A possible mediation by an exotic plant species

Entomological Communications
Monarch butterflies have a close relationship with plants of the Apocynaceae family, especially with the genus Asclepias Linnaeus, 1753, using their toxic cardenolides as a defense against predators. Calotropis procera (Aiton) W.T.
Wenrique Verza, Marcelo T. Tavares, Alan Eriksson   +2 more
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Review and classification of Omethidae (Coleoptera: Elateroidea), with phylogenomic evidence supporting the inclusion of Telegeusinae in the family

Systematic Entomology, Volume 51, Issue 1, January‐March 2026.
This is the first phylogenomic study of Omethidae using genome skimming, sampling representatives of all subfamilies to resolve long‐standing conflicts between morphology‐ and multigene‐based hypotheses. Phylogenomic analyses recovered Omethidae sister to Artematopodidae and strongly support Telegeusinae as a subfamily of Omethidae, rejecting its ...
Vinicius S. Ferreira, Robin Kundrata, Alistair S. Ramsdale, Felipe Francisco Barbosa, André S. Roza, Michael F. Geiser, Lara‐Sophie Dey, Chenyang Cai, Michael A. Ivie   +8 more
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Establishment strategies for native warm‐season grasses: Organic and conventional approaches

Crop, Forage &Turfgrass Management, Volume 11, Issue 2, December 2025.
Abstract Native warm‐season grasses (NWSG) adoption is limited partly due to establishment challenges, especially weed competition. The objective was to develop establishment protocols for switchgrass [Panicum virgatum (L.) ‘Vitman’; SG], eastern gamagrass [Tripsacum dactyloides (L.); EG] and a mix of Indiangrass [Sorghastrum nutans (L.) ‘Nash’; IG ...
Chelsie Y. Rodriguez‐Hernandéz, Emanoella K. S. Otaviano, Daniel Borrenpohl, Ricardo H. Ribeiro, Alexandre F. Mammana, Christine Gelley, Chad Bitler, Marília B. Chiavegato   +7 more
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Strategic mowing of roadside milkweeds increases monarch butterfly oviposition

Global Ecology and Conservation, 2019
The eastern North American migratory population of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) has declined precipitously due, in part, to the widespread decline of its obligate host plant, milkweed (Asclepias spp.). Linear right-of-ways (e.g.
Samantha M. Knight, D. Ryan Norris, Rachael Derbyshire, D.T. Tyler Flockhart   +3 more
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Ecovoltaic solar energy development can promote grassland bird communities

Journal of Applied Ecology, Volume 62, Issue 12, Page 3341-3354, December 2025.
Our findings suggest that properly sited and developed ecovoltaic solar facilities in human altered landscapes can improve habitat for birds and other wildlife, but further research is needed to understand which species may benefit most from these novel ecosystems.
Leroy J. Walston, Heidi M. Hartmann, Laura Fox, Melissa E. Stanger, Sophie E. Steele, Natalie R. Narváez, Katherine E. Szoldatits, Irene Hogstrom, Jordan Macknick   +8 more
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Temperature and precipitation explain species‐specific phenological patterns in five native California milkweed species (Asclepias spp.)

Journal of Ecology, Volume 113, Issue 12, Page 3637-3649, December 2025.
Combining analytical approaches for studying phenology using observation datasets with the wide availability of observational data from participatory science sources offers an exciting possibility to rapidly generate hypotheses about how organisms' phenology may react to novel cue combinations under global change, and how these reactions may differ ...
Dylan J. MacArthur‐Waltz, Dylan S. Sommer, Prabhjot Singh, Louie H. Yang   +3 more
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Host plants and experimental warming impact fitness and infection outcomes in a migratory butterfly

Ecological Entomology, Volume 50, Issue 6, Page 1159-1171, December 2025.
Host plant species interacted with temperature treatment to shape monarch survival and infection probabilities. Temperature modified the expected role of tropical milkweed, which did not confer OE resistance to monarchs under elevated temperatures.
Isabella G. Ragonese, Christopher Brandon, Joselyne Chavez, Jacobus C. de Roode, Richard J. Hall, Sonia Altizer   +5 more
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Cercosporoid leaf pathogens from whorled milkweed and spineless safflower in California

IMA Fungus, 2011
Two cercosporoid species are respectively described from Mexican whorled milkweed (Asclepias fascicularis), and spineless safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) from California.
S.T. Koike, A. Baameur, J.Z. Groenewald, P.W. Crous   +3 more
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