Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) have a unique yearly life cycle, in which successive generations breed and move northward from the southern USA in spring to the northern US and southern Canada by late summer; they overwinter in extremely restricted areas in central Mexico and along the California coast. Mexican overwintering populations have experienced significant mortality events recently, which have been hypothesized as increasing in frequency owing to climate change. Here, we test the hypothesis of climate-change causation of these mortality events, at least in part, finding significant local weather trends toward conditions lethal for monarch survival. We use ecological niche estimates and future climate projections to estimate ...
that forms around the mountain peaks during the summer wet season (Brower et al., 2002). Populations...
Data are population size estimates for monarch butterflies overwintering in Mexico as well as 76 pot...
Over the past two decades, researchers have observed declines in populations of both monarch butterf...
Abstract. 1. During the 2009–2010 overwintering season and following a 15-year downward trend, the t...
Threats to migratory animals can occur at multiple periods of the annual cycle that are separated by...
University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. August 2011. Major: Ecology, Evolution and Behavior. Adv...
Migratory animals pose unique challenges for conservation biologists, and we have much to learn abou...
1.During the 2009-2010 overwintering season and following a 15-year downward trend, the total area i...
Monarch butterflies in western North America typically migrate each fall from the Pacific Northwest ...
The annual migration of the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) is a natural phenomenon widely inte...
<div><p>Climate change can profoundly alter species’ distributions due to changes in temperature, pr...
Climate change can profoundly alter species' distributions due to changes in temperature, precipitat...
Many insects are in clear decline, with monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) drawing particular at...
Eastern North American monarch butterßies (Danaus plexippus L.) show a series of range shifts during...
We use climatic conditions that are associated with known monarch butterfly overwintering groves in ...
that forms around the mountain peaks during the summer wet season (Brower et al., 2002). Populations...
Data are population size estimates for monarch butterflies overwintering in Mexico as well as 76 pot...
Over the past two decades, researchers have observed declines in populations of both monarch butterf...
Abstract. 1. During the 2009–2010 overwintering season and following a 15-year downward trend, the t...
Threats to migratory animals can occur at multiple periods of the annual cycle that are separated by...
University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. August 2011. Major: Ecology, Evolution and Behavior. Adv...
Migratory animals pose unique challenges for conservation biologists, and we have much to learn abou...
1.During the 2009-2010 overwintering season and following a 15-year downward trend, the total area i...
Monarch butterflies in western North America typically migrate each fall from the Pacific Northwest ...
The annual migration of the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) is a natural phenomenon widely inte...
<div><p>Climate change can profoundly alter species’ distributions due to changes in temperature, pr...
Climate change can profoundly alter species' distributions due to changes in temperature, precipitat...
Many insects are in clear decline, with monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) drawing particular at...
Eastern North American monarch butterßies (Danaus plexippus L.) show a series of range shifts during...
We use climatic conditions that are associated with known monarch butterfly overwintering groves in ...
that forms around the mountain peaks during the summer wet season (Brower et al., 2002). Populations...
Data are population size estimates for monarch butterflies overwintering in Mexico as well as 76 pot...
Over the past two decades, researchers have observed declines in populations of both monarch butterf...