Butterfly abundance

Last updated on Oct 1, 2021
Butterfly

To what extent can roadside areas provide habitat for butterflies, and what effect do different mowing intervals have on these areas?

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Douglas Whitaker
Douglas Whitaker
Associate Professor of Statistics

Publications

Reducing Mowing Frequency Increases Floral Resource and Butterfly (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea) Abundance in Managed Roadside Margins
Roads are common in natural landscapes and can have significant impacts on wildlife. Most studies have focused on vertebrates and …
Dale A. Halbritter, Jaret C. Daniels, Douglas Whitaker, Lei Huang
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Reducing Mowing Frequency Increases Floral Resource and Butterfly (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea) Abundance in Managed Roadside Margins