Interpreting surveys to estimate the size of the monarch butterfly population: Pitfalls and prospects.

Interpreting surveys to estimate the size of the monarch butterfly population: Pitfalls and prospects.

To assess the change in the size of the eastern North American monarch butterfly summer population, studies have used long-term data sets of counts of adult butterflies or eggs per milkweed stem. Despite the observed decline in the monarch population as measured at overwintering sites in Mexico, the...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: John M Pleasants, Myron P Zalucki, Karen S Oberhauser, Lincoln P Brower, Orley R Taylor, Wayne E Thogmartin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5510856?pdf=render

Internet

http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5510856?pdf=render

Similar Items