Nom du projet
Réseau trinational de connaissances sur le monarque
Niveau d'accès
ouvert
Première année
2016
Fin du projet
From June 2016 to present
The main objective of Mission Monarch is to locate and quantify monarch reproduction habitats in North America.
Updated Annually
North America
monarch (Danaus plexippus) and milkweeds (Asclepias spp.)
The main objective of Mission Monarch is to locate and quantify monarch reproduction habitats in North America.
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.
Drapeau Picard, Charest & Larrivée. 2019. Mission Monarch: Engaging citizens for the conservation of a species at risk. Being written.
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.