Rishona Vemulapalli
@rishonavemulapalli.bsky.social
MEnvSc candidate at University of Toronto 🌱
Interested in species-at-risk conservation, photography, and working at the science-policy interface 🐢 🏳️🌈 https://www.linkedin.com/in/rishona-vemulapalli
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?user_id=rishonav
Interested in species-at-risk conservation, photography, and working at the science-policy interface 🐢 🏳️🌈 https://www.linkedin.com/in/rishona-vemulapalli
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?user_id=rishonav
I am happy to share my first publication is out in the scientific world. Based on my undergraduate honours biology thesis research at Queen’s University (2024), we explore how urbanization and host-plant gardens impact the occupation of its specialist herbivores. You can check it out here! 🌿🐛
New #OpenAccess work in #RESInsectConsDiv by @graydongillies.bsky.social, @rishonavemulapalli.bsky.social & C.G.Eckert reports that Common #milkweed gardens increase occupancy by #MonarchButterflies & other specialist herbivores towards an urban centre
doi.org/10.1111/icad.70033
doi.org/10.1111/icad.70033
November 3, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I am happy to share my first publication is out in the scientific world. Based on my undergraduate honours biology thesis research at Queen’s University (2024), we explore how urbanization and host-plant gardens impact the occupation of its specialist herbivores. You can check it out here! 🌿🐛
Reposted by Rishona Vemulapalli
Published now with @rishonavemulapalli.bsky.social! We investigated how urbanization might inhibit species interactions between common milkweed and specialized herbivores, and how milkweed in garden habitat might ameliorate these negative effects.
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Common milkweed gardens increase occupancy by monarch butterflies and other specialist herbivores towards an urban centre
We surveyed 119 stands of common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) across an urbanisation gradient to investigate how restored garden habitat might ameliorate the negative effects of urbanisation on spec...
resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Published now with @rishonavemulapalli.bsky.social! We investigated how urbanization might inhibit species interactions between common milkweed and specialized herbivores, and how milkweed in garden habitat might ameliorate these negative effects.
resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...