The decline and recovery in western monarch numbers from 2020-2022

7 July 2023 | Author: Chip Taylor

What data from iNaturalist tells us about the decline and recovery in western monarch numbers from 2020-2022 by Chip Taylor, Director, Monarch Watch In a previous post to this Blog (The Western monarch puzzle: the decline and increase in monarch numbers), I ...

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Western Monarchs

6 January 2022 | Author: Chip Taylor

My father was a Certified Public Accountant, and had I demonstrated a facility for numbers, I might have become a CPA as well. Instead, I became a biologist which I naively assumed would mean that I wouldn't have to work ...

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Monarch Population Status

1 May 2020 | Author: Chip Taylor

As 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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Monarchs and climate in the West

25 February 2020 | Author: Chip Taylor

Many 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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