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

First Author: 

  • Pleasants

Type: 

  • Article

Year: 

2017

Source: 

  • Plos One

Category: 

  • Population dynamics

Full Reference: 

Pleasants JM, Zalucki MP, Oberhauser KS, Brower LP, Taylor OR, Thogmartin WE. Interpreting surveys to estimate the size of the monarch butterfly population: Pitfalls and prospects. PloS one. 2017 Jul 14;12(7):e0181245.

Online citation: 

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

Geographic Focus: 

  • Eastern Breeding

Monitoring Data Used: 

North American Butterfly Association

Field Definitions

First author: Last name of the first author
Type: Article or book chapter
Year: Publication year
Source: Journal or book
Category*: Broad scope of the publication.
Research topic (monarch & supporting research only)*: Specific topic.
Geographic focus*: Geographic setting for field studies.
Monitoring data used: Data from monitoring or public data efforts.
* Full list