Monarch conservation in the age of Covid-19
2 April 2020 | Author: Chip TaylorI consistently overestimate the market for milkweeds and I've done it again this year. As an optimist who wants to get milkweeds in the ground to compensate for habitat losses, I ask nurseries to produce more milkweeds than we have ...
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Gardening for monarchs in the age of COVID-19
19 March 2020 | Author: Chip TaylorWe appear to have entered a new era of uncertain duration, one possibly characterized by waves of reinfection by Covid-19. Yet, we must carry on with monarch conservation – somehow. We are in new territory. Our lives will change in many ...
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Why monarchs are an enzyme – Part 3
6 March 2020 | Author: Chip TaylorWhy monarchs are an enzyme - Part 1 Why monarchs are an enzyme - Part 2 In Part 2 of this tutorial on monarch demography, I dealt with realized fecundity and age to first reproduction with the promise that the next topic ...
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Monarchs and climate in the West
25 February 2020 | Author: Chip TaylorMany months ago, I received a request to be a keynote speaker at a Monarch Summit in California. I accepted the invitation with some reluctance realizing that most of the audience wouldn’t be interested in what I had to say ...
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Why monarchs are an enzyme – Part 2
25 February 2020 | Author: Chip TaylorSee Why monarchs are an enzyme - Part 1 posted earlier this month. What the heck is realized fecundity/fertility and why is it important? A term I mention from time to time in my talks is realized fecundity. Add to that, I ...
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Grasslands, birds, monarchs, pollinators and more
11 February 2020 | Author: Chip TaylorThe world has been changing rapidly, but the changes are such that most of us aren't aware of what has changed or what is missing. As an ecologist, I'm alert to change but, like most people, I often miss the indicators. ...
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Why monarchs are an enzyme – Part 1
10 February 2020 | Author: Chip TaylorMonarchs are an enzyme or rather a complex set of enzymes that interact with the physical environment in a deterministic manner. In this article, I’m going to argue that the responses of monarchs to physical conditions are determined by their ...
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Monarch Population Status
17 November 2019 | Author: Chip TaylorWhy overwintering monarch numbers will be lower this year I've had an answer in mind for weeks. It's been dogging me. The question that's the basis for this answer has many parts, and not all the parts have come together. It's ...
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Monarch Population Status
17 June 2019 | Author: Chip TaylorStage 4 (1 May–9 June) Update As I indicated in the Status of the Population post to the Monarch Watch Blog on 2 May, I partition the annual cycle into 6 stages in an effort to understand the interannual variation in ...
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Monarch Population Status
2 May 2019 | Author: Chip TaylorStage 3 (March–April) Update As most of you know, I endeavor to predict how the monarch population is developing each year. While I always fail to correctly predict the exact number of hectares measured at the overwintering sites, I’m getting better ...
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