Factors affecting butterfly use of filter strips in Midwestern USA

Butterfly responses to prairie restoration through fire and grazing

“…The differences in our findings may be a result of differences in the variation of vegetation height between the two studies. Our study had much lower mean vegetation heights than did Reeder et al (2005).…”

“…Males of this species spend much of the flight period perched on Echinacea flowers searching for mates (Dana, 1991). Although we found no relationship between butterflies and vegetation height in our study, others have reported significant positive associations with the height and vertical density of vegetation (Reeder et al, 2005). In their study of butterflies in filter strips in Minnesota, USA, Reeder et al (2005) found two habitat-specialist species (S. idalia and C. pegala) had positive relationships with the height and vertical density of vegetation.…”

“…Although we found no relationship between butterflies and vegetation height in our study, others have reported significant positive associations with the height and vertical density of vegetation (Reeder et al, 2005). In their study of butterflies in filter strips in Minnesota, USA, Reeder et al (2005) found two habitat-specialist species (S. idalia and C. pegala) had positive relationships with the height and vertical density of vegetation. Although they proposed that these species may need tall vegetation to provide adequate shelter and habitat structure, we did not find this relationship in our study.…”

“…Butterfly species that we categorized as woodland species utilize woodland plant species for their host and floral resources. Habitat-specialist species correspond to the ''habitat-sensitive'' category and habitat-generalist species correspond to the ''disturbance-tolerant'' category of Ries et al (2001) and Reeder et al (2005). Previous uses of the term ''disturbance-tolerant'' referred to disturbances such as removal of native habitat.…”

Effects of Host plant, Nectar plant and Vegetation types on Butterfly Communities

“…따라서 나비 군 집은 다양한 환경과 공간에 의하여 달리 나타날 뿐만 아니라, 먹이식물의 군집구성과 강하고도 직접적인 상관관계를 보이고 있다 (Ries and Debinski, 2001;Shepherd and Debinski, 2005;Reeder et al, 2005;Davis et al, 2007).…”