By Elizabeth E. Crone, professor and quantitative ecologist at the University of California Davis on 31. January 2023 A few weeks ago, a reporter asked me whether relatively high western monarch butterfly counts again this year mean that the population has recovered. …
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By Isis Howard on March 2, 2022. Western Monarch population experiences seasonal winter decline, but remains higher than previous years. The Western Monarch New Year’s Count serves as a follow-up to the annual Thanksgiving Count to help scientists better understand how the …
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