Monarch Watch Update March 2021
19 March 2021 | Author: Jim LovettThis newsletter was sent via email to those who subscribe to our email updates. If you would like to receive periodic email updates from Monarch Watch, please take a moment to complete and submit the short Google Form at https://monarchwatch.org/subscribe/ Greetings ...
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Insect Population Dynamics
19 January 2021 | Author: Chip TaylorInsect Population Dynamics: Potential fecundity, realized fecundity and reproductive success I've mentioned realized fecundity from time to time in my posts to the Monarch Watch Blog. It's a subject that gets little attention perhaps because it is more of a hypothetical deductive ...
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ESA listing decision for the monarch
15 December 2020 | Author: Chip TaylorIn a press release today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced its decision with respect to the petition to declare the monarch a "threatened" species under the Endangered Species Act: "After a thorough assessment of the monarch butterfly's status, the ...
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Monarch Watch Update November 2020
30 November 2020 | Author: Jim LovettThis newsletter was sent via email to those who subscribe to our email updates. Greetings Monarch Watchers! Here's a brief update as we head into the holiday season – stay safe! As a reminder, if you would like to receive periodic email updates ...
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Monarch coloration, milkweed toxins, and predation by birds
5 November 2020 | Author: Chip TaylorThis text is both a preamble and addendum to the "Monarch Fallout and A Predator Story" blog article posted recently by Brad Guhr of the Dyck Arboretum (republished below, with permission). PREAMBLE Predation by birds has been offered as the explanation for ...
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Monarch displacements and orientation
31 August 2020 | Author: Chip TaylorLost and found In the spring of 2019, I cleaned out my office in Haworth Hall, the main biology building. It was an emotional trip through my 47-year career as a KU faculty member as I sorted through the artifacts that ...
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Monarch Population Status
1 May 2020 | Author: Chip TaylorAs of yesterday (30 April), the numbers are only 4 and 16 and that’s the way I like 'em. The 4 is the number of sightings of monarchs North of 40°N on the Journey North website. Four is enough, I ...
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Monarch Population Status
20 April 2020 | Author: Chip TaylorI have a confession to make. Well, actually, several. First, at this writing (12 April), I have no idea as to whether the monarch population is likely to increase or decrease this year. The signals are mixed. March temperatures in ...
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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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