Monarch Research

• Tracking Shifts in Food Availability for Monarchs and other Pollinators
  September 9, 2024
  Erin Posthumus, USA National Phenology Network
• Climate and Pollinator Initiatives at the USDA
  August 8, 2024
  Elizabeth Hill, USDA
• Monarch Research and Restoration Highlights: Collaborations in the West
  July 7, 2024
  Dr. Hillary Sardiñas, California Department of Fish and Wildlife
• Milkweed and Floral Resource Availability for Monarchs in the US: 8 Years of Integrated Monarch Monitoring Program Data
  June 6, 2024
  Jennifer Thieme, Monarch Joint Venture; Sarah Gomes, Monarch Joint Venture
• Insights from 50 years of Data on Monarch OE Infection
  December 12, 2023
  Ania Majewska, University of Georgia
• Climatic change impacts on the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve Abies religiosa (Sacred fir) forest
  December 12, 2023
  Dr. Cuauhtémoc Sáenz-Romero, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo; Dr. José Arnulfo Blanco García, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo
• Implications of Movement Ecology in Conservation Planning for Monarch Butterflies (Danaus plexippus)
  June 6, 2023
  Dr. Kelsey Fisher, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
• Monarch Research Review
  April 4, 2023
  Laura Lukens, Monarch Joint Venture; Jennifer Thieme, Monarch Joint Venture
• Remote Sensing Technology Development to Aid Conservation
  December 12, 2022
  Wendy Caldwell, Monarch Joint Venture; Clint Otto, U.S. Geological Survey; Greg Emerick, Simple Business Automation
• The Milpa and the Monarch: Indigenous Cosmologies of Mexico
  November 11, 2022
  Dr. Columba Gonzalez, Mount Saint Vincent Univ.
• Climate, Weather, and Monarchs
  August 8, 2022
  Karen Oberhauser, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison & Leslie Ries, Georgetown Univ.,
• Rapid-fire Research: Key Takeaways from the 2021 MJV Monarch Research Review
  July 7, 2022
  Jennifer Thieme, Monarch Joint Venture; Laura Lukens, Monarch Joint Venture
• Seasonal Windows of Opportunity for Monarchs in California
  June 6, 2022
  Dr. Louie H. Yang, UC Davis
• Can We Grow Crops and Monarchs? Risks and Benefits of Monarch Habitat in Agricultural Landscapes
  June 6, 2022
  Steven Bradbury, Iowa State University; Niranjana Krishnan, Missouri University of Science and Technology
• Roadsides as Habitat for Monarchs: A Great Opportunity or a Salty Death Trap?
  March 3, 2022
  Dr. Emilie Snell-Rood, University of Minnesota
• The Monarch Butterfly Fund: Supporting Monarch Conservation in Mexico
  November 11, 2021
  Don Davis, Monarch Butterfly Fund; Ernest Williams, Monarch Butterfly Fund; Gail Morris, Monarch Butterfly Fund; Guadalupe Del Rio, Alternare; Dr. D. Andre Green II, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
• Protecting and Restoring California’s Overwintering Groves
  September 9, 2021
  Emma Pelton, The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation
• Monarch Butterfly Reproduction: From Physiology to Behavior
  May 5, 2021
  Dr. Karen Oberhauser, University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum; Dr. Michelle Solensky, University of Jamestown
• Western Butterflies An Overview of Threats and Population Trajectories
  April 4, 2021
  Dr. Matthew Forister, University of Nevada-Reno
• Monarchs, Milkweed and Grassland Disturbance
  March 3, 2021
  Nathan Haan, Michigan State University
• Evaluation of Canopy Structure, Light and Wind in California’s Monarch Groves from Below and Above
  January 1, 2021
  Dr. Stu Weiss, Creekside Science
• Conservation of Monarchs in Mexico
  October 10, 2020
  Eduardo Rendón, World Wildlife Fund Mexico; Eligio García Serrano, Fondo Monarca
• Out West: Western Monarch Conservation Efforts - Overwintering Habitat
  August 8, 2020
  Emma Pelton, The Xerces Society; Dr. Francis Villablanca, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo; Stephanie Little, California State Parks; Erin Chappell, California Dept of Fish and Wildlife
• Research Reports from the Field: Monarch Habitat in the US
  July 7, 2020
  John Pleasants, University of Iowa; Laura Lukens, Monarch Joint Venture; Kyle Kasten, Monarch Joint Venture
• Out West: Western Monarch Conservation Efforts - Breeding and Migratory Habitat
  July 7, 2020
  Amanda Barth, Utah Department of Natural Resources | Western Monarch Working Group; Emma Pelton, The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation; Tom Dilts, University of Nevada - Reno; Elizabeth Crone, Tufts University
• Monarch Conservation in Canada
  June 6, 2020
  Greg Mitchell, Environment and Climate Change Canada
• Research Reports from the Field: Monarch Biology and Rearing
  May 5, 2020
  Dr. Sonia Altizer, Project Monarch Health - University of Georgia; Dr. Ania Majewska, Project Monarch Health; Emory University; Ayse Tenger-Trolander, University of Chicago; Dr. Marcus Kronforst, University of Chicago; Dr. Karen Oberhauser, University of Wisconsin- Madison Arboretum
• Research Reports from the Field: Western Monarchs
  April 4, 2020
  Gail Morris, Southwest Monarch Study; Dr. Francis Villablanca, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo; Sarah Hoyle, The Xerces Society
• The Florida Monarch Population
  December 12, 2019
  Dr. Jaret Daniels, University of Florida - Florida Museum of Natural History
• Lessons from Roadside Management for Monarchs
  October 10, 2019
  Alison Cariveau, Monarch Joint Venture
• Monarch Butterfly Population Modeling
  March 3, 2019
  Dr. Chip Taylor, Monarch Watch, University of Kansas
• 5th Generation Monarchs: What Do We Know and Not Know
  October 10, 2018
  Dr. Kristen Baum, Oklahoma State University.
• Monarch Parasitoids
  March 3, 2017
  Carl Stenoien, University of Minnesota Monarch Lab; Dane Elmquist, University of Minnesota Monarch Lab and Monarch Larva Monitoring Project
• Monarchs and Climate
  December 12, 2016
  Kelly Nail, US Fish and Wildlife Service; Karen Oberhauser, University of Minnesota Monarch Lab
• Assessment of Exotic Milkweed and the Spread of Disease in Monarchs
  June 6, 2016
  Dr. Sonia Altizer, Professor & Associate Dean of Academic Affairs University of Georgia Odum School of Ecology; Ania Majewska, Ph.D. Candidate UofG Odum School of Ecology; Dara Satterfield, Ph.D. Candidate UofG Odum School of Ecology
• Monarch Conservation Science Partnership
  May 5, 2016
  Dr. Karen Oberhauser, University of Minnesota Monarch Lab; Ryan Drum, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Wayne Thogmartin, U.S. Geological Survey; Holly Holt, Monarch Joint Venture
• Monarch Research and Advanced Topics
  May 5, 2015
  Sonia Altizer, Project Monarch Health; Lincoln Brower, Sweet Briar College; Karen Oberhauser, University of Minnesota Monarch Lab