Conjunto de datos

Mission Monarch

About

Resumen del conjunto de datos

The main objective of Mission Monarch is to locate and quantify monarch reproduction habitats in North America.

Temporada(s) y frecuencia

Updated Annually

Región geográfica cubierta

North America

Principales especies cubiertas

monarch (Danaus plexippus) and milkweeds (Asclepias spp.)

Objetivos

The main objective of Mission Monarch is to locate and quantify monarch reproduction habitats in North America.

Methods

Diseño del muestreo

The Mission Monarch protocol consists in looking at milkweed plants and documenting the abundance of monarchs at any life stage. Examined milkweed stems and monarchs are counted. Number of examined milkweed stems is up to the observer.

Métodos de campo

Drapeau Picard, Charest & Larrivée. 2019. Mission Monarch: Engaging citizens for the conservation of a species at risk. Being written.

QA/QC

All observations are vetted by a regional expert. Prior to upload into the TMKN, data are screened to remove duplicates and outliers.All removed observations can be requested to the data owner.