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Consequences of habitat fragmentation for the prairie-endemic weevil Haplorhynchites aeneus.
Environmental entomology - 1 Dec 2011
Kluger Emily C, Berlocher Stewart H, Tooker John F, Hanks Lawrence M
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Widespread destruction of tallgrass prairies in the midwestern United States has fragmented plant communities with the result that populations of endemic animal species have become geographically isolated from one another. The goal of the research summarized here was to evaluate the potential for conserving endemic prairie species of herbivorous insects by managing their host plants. Our study species was the...
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