The monarch butterfly in Mexico: a conservation model.
Curr Opin Insect Sci
; 60: 101112, 2023 Dec.
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| ID: mdl-37837693
ABSTRACT
Each fall, millions of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus L.) travel from Canada and the United States to overwinter in Mexico and California. In 2022, the IUCN listed migratory monarchs as endangered because of their population decline. The main accepted drivers are widespread use of herbicides, effects of climate, and land use change that causes habitat loss. We analyzed the main actions taken to officially protect the overwintering sites and the migration phenomenon with the establishment of the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in 2000. The conservation of the monarch overwintering sites in Mexico is an example of continuous work from their discovery to the present. We highlight the importance of monitoring the areas covered by overwintering monarchs in Mexico. These colonies represent the largest concentrations of monarch populations in the world. In the last 10 years, the average area covered by monarchs was 2.72 ( ± 0.47 SE) hectares.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Borboletas
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Animals
País/Região como assunto:
Mexico
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Curr Opin Insect Sci
Ano de publicação:
2023
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Article