Description: A geographical representation of the breeding, wintering, and migratory regions of the monarch butterfly.
The Monarch Regions spatial layer was created by:
Darius J. Semmens, Ph.D.
Research Physical Scientist
Geosciences & Environmental Change Science Center
U.S. Geological Survey
P.O. Box 25046, MS-980
Denver, CO 80225-0046
The data layer contributed to the following article:
Diffendorfer, J. E., L. Ries, J. B. Loomis, K. Oberhauser, L. Lopez-Hoffman, B. Semmens, B. Butterfield, D. Semmens, K. Bagstad, J. Goldstein, R. Wiederholt, J. Dubovsky, B. Mattsson, and W. E. Thogmartin. 2014. National valuation of monarch butterflies indicates an untapped potential for incentive-based conservation. Conservation Letters 7:253‒262.
For more information, please refer to the online article: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/conl.12065/full
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Copyright Text: Diffendorfer, J. E., L. Ries, J. B. Loomis, K. Oberhauser, L. Lopez-Hoffman, B. Semmens, B. Butterfield, D. Semmens, K. Bagstad, J. Goldstein, R. Wiederholt, J. Dubovsky, B. Mattsson, and W. E. Thogmartin. 2014. National valuation of monarch butterflies indicates an untapped potential for incentive-based conservation. Conservation Letters 7:253‒262.