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Protocols For Rearing Fall Webworm (Hyphantria Cunea) In A Colony And Basic Methods For Laboratory And Field Experiments, Maelah Robinson-Castillo, Audrey Mitchell, Amanda Fasching, Mayra C. Vidal, Mariana Abarca, Gina M. Wimp, Blyssalyn Bieber, Dhaval K. Vyas, Shannon M. Murphy
Protocols For Rearing Fall Webworm (Hyphantria Cunea) In A Colony And Basic Methods For Laboratory And Field Experiments, Maelah Robinson-Castillo, Audrey Mitchell, Amanda Fasching, Mayra C. Vidal, Mariana Abarca, Gina M. Wimp, Blyssalyn Bieber, Dhaval K. Vyas, Shannon M. Murphy
DU Undergraduate Research Journal Archive
Standardized protocols are an essential asset for research requiring the maintenance of live organisms. Ecological studies often involve collaborations between multiple teams that are spread across locations, and these collaborations benefit from sharing successful laboratory procedures. Our research team is studying the ecology of the fall webworm moth (Hyphantria cunea, hereafter FW) in North America for >10 years, during which time we have established reliable procedures for starting and maintaining FW colonies under laboratory conditions. FW is a North American species that has been introduced to Europe and Asia where it is a major pest. Here, we present a detailed …
Examining Climate Change Effects On Flowering In Moss Campion, Mykaela Tanino-Springsteen, Olivia Dewitt, Anna Sher
Examining Climate Change Effects On Flowering In Moss Campion, Mykaela Tanino-Springsteen, Olivia Dewitt, Anna Sher
DU Undergraduate Research Journal Archive
Examining the variation in the collection date of herbarium specimens is a common method for studying the phenological effects of climate change on a flowering plant species. We used herbarium data to examine how warming temperatures have affected flowering time in Silene acaulis in the state of Colorado. Silene acaulis, commonly known as moss campion and cushion pink, is an alpine tundra plant. Using ordinal date of collection as a proxy for flowering date and year collected as a proxy for increasing average temperature, a linear regression test found that there was no significant relationship between increasing temperatures and …