Sipping on Nectar: Butterflies and Flowers in Oak Savannas on Vancouver Island, British Columbia
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Photo 1. View of a Garry oak savanna field site in Camrose Park, Victoria, BC, Canada. Oak savannas the region are characterized by rocky outcroppings, dense understory forbs, and an open canopy mostly trees (Quercus garryana) mixed with Douglas Firs (Pseudotsuga menziesii) Arbutus (Arbutus menziesii). In front treeline, nectar-less yellow flowers invasive Scotch Broom (Cytisus scoparius) can be seen. credit: Stephanie A. Rivest. 2. Examples flowering plants recorded around BC. Western Buttercup (top left panel: Ranunculus occidentalis) Sea Blush right Plectritis congesta) native to region, while Himalayan Blackberry (bottom Rubus armeniacus) Cornflower Centaurea cyanus) non-native. 3. A Propertius Duskywing (Erynnis propertius) butterfly foraging for nectar on White Brodiaea (Triteleia hyacinthine) flower 4. Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) Oceanspray (Holodiscus discolor) 5. Lorquin's Admiral (Limenitis lorquini) perched researcher's hand during survey The butterfly's proboscis explores skin, hoping collect sodium from sweat. Source paper: These photographs illustrate article “Flowering phenology influences non-native savanna” Rivest, E.M. Wolkovich, Heather M. Kharouba published Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4004
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عنوان ژورنال: Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['0012-9623', '2327-6096']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/bes2.2070