Challenges and opportunities for using natural history collections to estimate insect population trends

CL Davis, RP Guralnick, EF Zipkin - Journal of Animal Ecology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Natural history collections (NHC) provide a wealth of information that can be used to
understand the impacts of global change on biodiversity. As such, there is growing interest …

The monarch butterfly in Mexico: a conservation model

E Rendón-Salinas, A Alonso, E García-Serrano… - Current Opinion in Insect …, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights•Institutions and people have invested significant resources and time on the
Monarch Butterfly Conservation in Mexico, the reason why is an example of …

Deep learning resilience inference for complex networked systems

C Liu, F Xu, C Gao, Z Wang, Y Li, J Gao - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
Resilience, the ability to maintain fundamental functionality amidst failures and errors, is
crucial for complex networked systems. Most analytical approaches rely on predefined …

Integrated community models: A framework combining multispecies data sources to estimate the status, trends and dynamics of biodiversity

EF Zipkin, JW Doser, CL Davis… - Journal of Animal …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Data deficiencies among rare or cryptic species preclude assessment of community‐level
processes using many existing approaches, limiting our understanding of the trends and …

Risk assessment of pesticides used in the eastern Avocado Belt of Michoacan, Mexico: A survey and water monitoring approach

A Merlo-Reyes, C Baduel, C Duwig… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Pesticides use raises concerns regarding environmental sustainability, as pesticides are
closely linked to the decline of biodiversity and adverse human health outcomes. This study …

A comparison of summer, fall and winter estimates of monarch population size before and after milkweed eradication from crop fields in North America

J Pleasants, WE Thogmartin… - Insect Conservation …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Measures of the area occupied by overwintering monarchs in México since the mid‐1990s
show a decline. Summer surveys of monarchs, however, do not show a similar decline. This …

Multi‐season climate projections forecast declines in migratory monarch butterflies

ER Zylstra, N Neupane, EF Zipkin - Global Change Biology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change poses a unique threat to migratory species as it has the potential to alter
environmental conditions at multiple points along a species' migratory route. The eastern …

Opposing global change drivers counterbalance trends in breeding North American monarch butterflies

MS Crossley, TD Meehan, MD Moran… - Global change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Many insects are in clear decline, with monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) drawing
particular attention as a flagship species. It is well documented that, among migratory …

Milkweed plants bought at nurseries may expose monarch caterpillars to harmful pesticide residues

CA Halsch, SM Hoyle, A Code, JA Fordyce… - Biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
The decline of monarch butterflies in both the eastern and western United States has
garnered widespread public interest. Planting milkweeds, their larval host plants, has been …

Changes in landscape and climate in Mexico and Texas reveal small effects on migratory habitat of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus)

JE Diffendorfer, F Botello, MA Drummond… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
The decline of the iconic monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) in North America has
motivated research on the impacts of land use and land cover (LULC) change and climate …