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| Web URL(s): | http://usgatero.msu.edu/v03/n11.pdf
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| Publication Type:
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| Author(s): | Daniels, Jaret C.;
Emmel, Thomas C. |
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| Author Affiliation: | McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida |
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| Title: | Florida golf courses help save endangered butterfly |
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| Source: | USGA Turfgrass and Environmental Research Online. Vol. 3, No. 11, June 1 2004, p. [1-7]. |
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| Publishing Information: | Far Hills, NJ: United States Golf Association, Green Section |
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| # of Pages: | 9 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Golf courses in the environment; Butterflies; Habitats; Habitat improvement; Conservation
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| Abstract/Contents: | "The Schaus Swallowtail (Papilio aristodemus ponceanus) is considered one of the rarest resident butterflies in North America and is listed as an endangered species by both the state of Florida and the federal government. Researchers at the University of Florida initiated efforts to improve and expand suitable breeding habitat for the endangered Schauss Swallowtail butterfly. In May 1984, a University of Florida research team was assembled to carry out status surveys in south Florida and make recommendations for action on the existing recovery plan. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service gave the University of Florida permission to remove 100 eggs in June 1992 as the starter nucleus of a large-scale captive propagation program. In Spring 1995, the first reintroduction efforts were initiated. A total of 764 pupae were released in 7 sites, from the Deering Estate in south Miami on the mainland to Key Largo. Successful adult emergence and subsequent reproduction was identified at all sites, and represented the first time since 1924 that the Schaus Swallowtail was found on the South Florida mainland. In Spring of 1999 through grant funding from the U.S. Golf Association's Wildlife Links Program and the NFWF, and cooperation of the University of Florida, and [researchers established] two private golf clubs, Sombrero Country Club in Marathon and Cheeca Lodge on Islamorada researchersestablished native larval host plants and adult nectar sources to create sufficient natural habitat suitable to maintain transient adult butterflies, encourage adult movement and gene flow between existing colonies, and allow for the natural establishment of new breeding colonies within the Keys. If the current project proceeds as expected, the Schaus Swallowtail will occur over a broad enough geographic range in sufficient numbers outside of the Biscayne National Park population that a major catastrophic event such as a hurricane or fire no longer threatens extinction or major depletion of the species." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 12 |
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| See Also: | See also reprint "Florida golf courses help an endangered butterfly" USGA Green Section, 3(11) June 2004, p. 22 R = 99996 R=99996 |
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| See Also: | Other Reports from this USGA research project: 1999-03-163 |
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| Note: | Summary as abstract
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Daniels, J. C., and T. C. Emmel. 2004. Florida golf courses help save endangered butterfly. USGA Turfgrass Environ. Res. Online. 3(11):p. [1-7]. |
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