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Late Breaking Symposium: Monarch Butterfly Conservation in North America: Challenges and Opportunities

Wednesday, November 18, 2015: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
200 E (Convention Center)
Organizers:
Sue Blodgett
Steven Bradbury
Moderators:
Sue Blodgett
Steven Bradbury


1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM
1909
Status and trends in monarch populations; basic biology, migration challenges and habitat considerations
Chip Taylor, University of Kansas
1:55 PM
1910
Forecasting monarch population responses at continental scales/climatic time scales
Tyler Flockhart, University of Guelph
2:15 PM
1911
Monarch conservation science, storylines for recovery
Wayne Thogmartin, U.S. Geological Survey
2:35 PM
1912
Conserving the monarch butterfly migration in North America: National and tri-national progress, opportunities, and challenges
Donita Cotter, USFWS
2:55 PM
1913
Role of land grant institutions and states within agriculture-based conservation initiatives
Wendy Wintersteen, Iowa State University ; Steven Bradbury, Iowa State University
3:15 PM
1914
Movement and egg laying in monarch butterflies: Influence of the spatial arrangement of habitat patches
Myron Zalucki, University of Queensland ; Hazel R. Parry, CSIRO ; Jacinta Zalucki, Griffith University
3:35 PM
Break
3:45 PM
1915
Landscapes for monarch conservation
Diane Debinski, Iowa State University ; Leslie Ries, Georgetown University ; Jessica Petersen, Roanoke College ; Ray Moranz, Oklahoma State University ; Katy Reeder, Iowa Department of Natural Resources ; Stephanie Shepherd, Iowa Department of Natural Resources ; John Delaney, Iowa State University ; Jennifer Vogel, Iowa State University
4:05 PM
1916
Monarch habitat, NRCS activities
Philip Barbour, USDA - NRCS ; Lisa Bertelson, USDA - OSEC ; Scott Black, The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation
4:25 PM
1917
Prescribed fire and mowing as best management practices for monarch habitat in the southern Great Plains
Kristen Baum, Oklahoma State University
4:45 PM
1918
Utilizing spectroscopy to monitor milkweed responses to stress
John Couture, University of Wisconsin ; Phil Townsend, University of Wisconsin
5:05 PM
1919
Monarch Joint Venture and citizen science
Karen Oberhauser, University of Minnesota ; Wendy Caldwell, Monarch Watch Joint Venture
5:25 PM
Future needs and wrap up
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