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Assessing Role of Major Drivers in Recent Decline of Monarch Butterfly Population in North America
Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2018 Monarch (Danaus plexippus L.) is a long distance migratory species of butterfly in North America that has experienced population declines in recent years. Several interacting factors have been postulated to contribute to this decline.
Joseph Belsky, Neelendra K. Joshi
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Estimating Overwintering Monarch Butterfly Populations Using Terrestrial LiDAR Scanning
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019 Concerns about the state of decline of the North American monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) have prompted their consideration for listing under the Endangered Species Act. Data suggest a substantial decline (> 80%) in overwintering numbers for both
Nickolay I. Hristov +6 more
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Insects, 2020 Butterfly–host plant relationships can inform our understanding of ecological and trophic interactions that contribute to ecosystem function, resiliency, and services.
Steven M. Grodsky +3 more
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Spatial Synchrony of Monarch Butterflies [PDF]
The American Midland Naturalist, 2006 I examined spatial synchrony in populations of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) during the summer breeding season across North America and while overwintering along the Pacific Coast. Spatial synchrony was observed in all analyses, but was particularly great among eastern summer populations and among overwintering populations on the Pacific Coast.
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019 The monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus), an iconic species that migrates annually across North America, has steeply declined in numbers over the past decade.
Rodrigo Solis-Sosa +5 more
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Collecting \u3ci\u3eNeocurtilla Hexadactyla\u3c/i\u3e, the Northern Mole Cricket (Orthoptera: Gryllidae), in Iowa [PDF]
, 2017 (excerpt) The northern mole cricket, Neocurtilla hexadactyla (Perty), is a common insect that is infrequently collected perhaps owing to its burrowing and nocturnal habits.
DeWitt, J. R
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Mitochondrial DNA signature for range-wide populations of Bicyclus anynana suggests a rapid expansion from recent refugia [PDF]
, 2011 This study investigates the genetic diversity, population structure and demographic history of the afrotropical butterfly Bicyclus anynana using mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA).
Brakefield, P.M. +4 more
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The neurobiology of the Monarch butterfly compass
Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2023 Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) have become a superb model system to unravel how the tiny insect brain controls an impressive navigation behavior, such as long-distance migration. Moreover, the ability to compare the neural substrate between migratory and nonmigratory Monarch butterflies provides us with an attractive model to specifically study
M. Jerome Beetz, Basil el Jundi
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019 The eastern North American monarch butterfly population shows a long-term population decline. While it is hypothesized that forest loss on the wintering grounds and milkweed loss throughout the breeding range are responsible for the observed decline ...
Tara L. Crewe +2 more
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Global Change Biology Communications, EarlyView.Warming caused a significant decrease in monarch fat mass, likely due to an observed reduction in sucrose concentration caused by warming of the nectar. Since sucrose fuels fall migration and overwintering, our results suggest climate warming may reduce migration success and overwinter survival.
Katherine Peel +3 more
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