It is well-established that cities need nature for critical ecosystem services—from storing
carbon, to reducing temperatures, to mitigating stormwater—and there is growing …

Background While global change research has greatly expanded in recent years, it remains
unclear how environmental change will impact the mobility of many organisms. Flight is an …

The decline of the iconic monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) in North America has
motivated research on the impacts of land use and land cover (LULC) change and climate …

Invasive species can be particularly disruptive when they intersect with organisms of
conservation concern. Stabilizing the declining eastern migratory population of monarch …

Urbanization drastically alters landscapes in ways that can threaten local biodiversity.
Although species loss has been well documented in urban habitats, why some species …

Public and private flower gardens could be valuable for slowing pollinator decline in
urbanized areas, as they can potentially provide crucial foraging and reproductive resources …

Ecological theory predicts that specialist insect herbivores are more likely to locate and
colonize host plants growing in relatively sparse or pure stands compared to host plants …

Growing native plants in urban gardens is often promoted as a possible means of increasing
lepidopteran populations. However, the efficacy of such efforts has not been well studied …

Insect herbivores can be limited by host plants in two ways: density-dependent competition
for food resources or density-independent search time limitation. Our understanding of …

Vegetation along roadside edges, while posing some risks, can also provide breeding
habitat for monarch butterflies. We investigated how landscape and site‐specific factors …