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Survey of Key Monarch Habitat Areas Along Roadways in Central and North Florida

项目名称：	Survey of Key Monarch Habitat Areas Along Roadways in Central and North Florida
摘要：	The Florida Department of Transportation in collaboration with the Florida Museum of Natural History's McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity at the University of Florida propose to enhance roadside management of pinewoods milkweed along Florida roadways in central and north Florida � specifically Osceolla County north to the Florida-Georgia line and west to Jackson County. Specific objectives include: (1) Identification of key milkweed populations and plant densities for Asclepias humistrata (primary focus), A. tuberosa (secondary focus) along select state and county roads within the survey area, including re-evaluation of previously surveyed areas; (2) inclusion of data in a georeferenced database with identification of high density hotspots; (3) survey of select hotspot areas for successful pod (seed) production; and (4) Following identification of hotspot areas, the project will work to develop new Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) vegetative management practice recommendations to maximize the quality and availability of pinewoods milkweeds to support early season monarch breeding. The resulting pinewoods milkweed population "hotspots" could additionally be managed to help generate local ecotype seed production for other key habitat restoration or augmentation projects in the future.
状态：	Completed
资金：	23500
资助组织：	Florida Department of Transportation
项目负责人：	Caster, Jeff
执行机构：	University of Florida, Gainesville
主要研究人员：	Daniels Ph.D., Jaret C.
开始时间：	20151214
预计完成日期：	20171027
实际结束时间：	20171031