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Habitat Selection on the Edge:Forests, Meadows, and Butterflies
Haley CoffmanDr. Elizabeth Crone
Post-Doc. Leone BrownTufts REU 2014
Photo by: Emma Sass
Landscapes are
ever-changing
Why BCB? Conservation Questions
● Native vs. combination (native and non-native)
● Connectivity to different meadow patches
● Large population
● Native vs. Non-native
● Taylor’s Checkerspot (TCB)
o Washington and Oregon
● Population decline in Maryland?
(Crone, Morris et al. 2010)
Harvard Conservation Grounds, MA
Background
● Locationo Eastern North America
● Host plantso Turtlehead (native)o Plantago
Turtlehead (Chelone)
(NatureServe 2012)(Bowers 1984; Bowers 1988)
Baltimore Checkerspot Butterfly
(Euphydryas phaeton)
Why Study Edges?
Forest vs. Meadow
➔ Connectivity
➔ Distinct edges
Methods: Edge Circles
Forest
(Warchola 2010)
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Implication
s
➔Movement!
➔ New populations?
➔ Conservation in Maryland?
➔ Taylor’s Checkerspot conservation
➔ Different edges
www.sustainabilityinprisons.org/
Future Directions
Acknowledgements
DoD SERP
Project Grant
NSF
REU stipends
Tufts University
Institution
Dr. Elizabeth Crone
Primary Researcher
Dr. Leone Brown
Post-Doc
Emma Sass
Field Tech
Capture-Recapture Study
Photo by: Emma Sass
Movement Paths
Turtlehead Plantago