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- Monarch butterfly--Habitat--Conservation--Iowa; Common milkweed--Habitat--Iowa; (1)
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The Mitochondrial Genome Of The Spiny-Wristed Fiddler Crab, Leptuca Spinicarpa Rathbun 1900, Amber Finke, James Demastes Ph.D., J. Antonio Baeza, Carl Thurman Ph.D.
The Mitochondrial Genome Of The Spiny-Wristed Fiddler Crab, Leptuca Spinicarpa Rathbun 1900, Amber Finke, James Demastes Ph.D., J. Antonio Baeza, Carl Thurman Ph.D.
Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) Symposium
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Comparison Of Expiring Cp-25 And 3-Year Old Cp-42 Plantings For Monarch Habitat Quality, Schuyler Hop, Laura L. Jackson Ph.D.
Comparison Of Expiring Cp-25 And 3-Year Old Cp-42 Plantings For Monarch Habitat Quality, Schuyler Hop, Laura L. Jackson Ph.D.
Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) Symposium
Monarch butterflies have experienced a population decline of more than 80% in the past two decades, driven by the emergence of Roundup Ready beans and corn varieties. This development resulted in landowners spraying herbicides and killing all other plants in their field, including milkweeds, which is the genus of plants (Asclepias) that monarch caterpillars can only feed upon. Along with this development, an initiative to reintroduce native prairie ecosystems as part of the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). In Iowa, over 80% of the land once was home to this prairie, now less than 0.1% of this rare ecosystem …
Evaluation Of Pre-Lysis Rinses To Improve Dna Yield And Purity, Joseph Correa, Emma Pellegrino, Marek K. Sliwinski Ph.D.
Evaluation Of Pre-Lysis Rinses To Improve Dna Yield And Purity, Joseph Correa, Emma Pellegrino, Marek K. Sliwinski Ph.D.
Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) Symposium
The widespread sampling of environmental DNA from soils has led to a fundamental shift in our understanding of Earth’s microbiome by identifying previously unknown microbes that have never been grown in the laboratory. Many of the published protocols for the extraction of environmental DNA differ based on the starting material. These differences include changes to buffer composition, detergents, and enzymatic digest. To remove this bias, we sought a standardized protocol for samples from Wind Cave National Park, which includes both above ground prairie soil and paleofill from the deepest depths of the cave system. Pre-rinsing samples with either of two …
Soil Organic Carbon Accumulation In Restored Native Prairies Over Time [Poster], Samrin Shahnaz, Kenneth J. Elgersma Ph.D.
Soil Organic Carbon Accumulation In Restored Native Prairies Over Time [Poster], Samrin Shahnaz, Kenneth J. Elgersma Ph.D.
Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) Symposium
With the recent focus on the causes and effects of climate change, the relationship between agriculture and climate change has become an important concern. Conventional farming maximizes crop production at the expense of ecosystem services like soil carbon storage. As the human population grows, it is vital to develop practices that balance crop production and ecosystem services.
We investigated organic carbon accumulation in restored prairie soil over the course of a decade. Our goal was to determine how organic carbon levels and soil bulk density changed over time, and how that change was influenced by species diversity and soil depth. …