Citizen Science Observations of Monarch Butterfly Overwintering in the Southern United States
المؤلفون المشاركون
Howard, Elizabeth
Davis, Andrew K.
Aschen, Harlen
المصدر
العدد
المجلد 2010، العدد 2010 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2010)، ص ص. 1-6، 6ص.
الناشر
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
تاريخ النشر
2010-09-22
دولة النشر
مصر
عدد الصفحات
6
التخصصات الرئيسية
الملخص EN
Members of the public have long had a fascination with the monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus, because of its amazing long-distance migration to overwintering sites in central Mexico, and many participate in online citizen-science programs where they report observations of its life history in North America.
Here, we examine a little-studied aspect of monarch biology, the degree of overwintering in the southern United States.
We compiled 9 years of sightings of overwintering monarchs in the southern United States that were reported to Journey North, a web-based citizen science program, to map the distribution of areas where monarchs are capable of surviving during the winter (i.e., in January and February), differentiating between adult sightings and sightings of breeding activity.
We also statistically compared the latitudes of adult and breeding sightings, examined differences across years in latitude of sightings, and quantified the number of monarchs reported with each sighting.
Of all 254 sightings, 80% came from Florida and Texas, with the remainder coming from South Carolina, Louisiana, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, North Carolina, and even one in Virginia.
This distribution was generally consistent with the winter range predicted by prior investigators based on climatic conditions of this region.
Sightings of adults were on average from higher latitudes than reports of breeding activity and there was significant variation across years in the average latitude of all sightings.
The majority of sightings (94.2%) were of fewer than 10 adult monarchs per location, and there were no reports of clustering behavior that is typical of monarch overwintering in California and Mexico.
The results of this investigation broaden our collective understanding of this stage of the monarch life cycle and, more generally, highlight the value of citizen science programs in advancing science.
نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)
Howard, Elizabeth& Aschen, Harlen& Davis, Andrew K.. 2010. Citizen Science Observations of Monarch Butterfly Overwintering in the Southern United States. Psyche،Vol. 2010, no. 2010, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-490719
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)
Howard, Elizabeth…[et al.]. Citizen Science Observations of Monarch Butterfly Overwintering in the Southern United States. Psyche No. 2010 (2010), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-490719
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)
Howard, Elizabeth& Aschen, Harlen& Davis, Andrew K.. Citizen Science Observations of Monarch Butterfly Overwintering in the Southern United States. Psyche. 2010. Vol. 2010, no. 2010, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-490719
نوع البيانات
مقالات
لغة النص
الإنجليزية
الملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references
رقم السجل
BIM-490719
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