The Effects of Varying Nitrogen Supply on Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)
Leaf Nitrogen Content and Condition and on Monarch (Danaus plexippus)
Consumption Rates and Performance
Beth Lavoie
Master's Degree Research
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Overview
For her University of Minnesota Master’s thesis, Beth Lavoie studied how milkweed
growing under different conditions varies in nitrogen content, and how these differences
affect monarch growth and development. To read more about her work, and background
on the interesting interactions between host plant quality and herbivore performance,
click on the following links.