Monarchs and Monoculture in southern Michigan

[Ed Reinertsen]

E = Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio
A = Virginia, New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia

Numbers & Year of Monarchs Tagged and Recovered in Mexico

1998     1999        2000      2001        2002      2003        2004
E - 44    E - 164    E - 37    E - 974    E - 87    E - 854    E - 70
A - 5     A - 34      A - 3     A - 84      A - 8      A - 131   A - 1


Hope this helps? Clear as mud

Ed Reinertsen


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Cherubini" <monarch at saber.net>
To: <LEPS-L at lists.yale.edu>
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 10:38 PM
Subject: Re: Monarchs and Monoculture in southern Michigan


> Ed Reinertsen wrote:
>>
>> Paul and all
>>
>> Do you think if we used the recovery data (numbers) we
>> have now that we could come-up with a ratio between Eastern
>> population and the Atlantic population before and after 2001?
>> Would this give us a true picture whether or not GM crops
>> have affected the monarchs?
> 
> Ed, I don't know if there is enough tag data available
> both before and after 2001 to generate those ratios.
> 
> However, I can provide you with a "true picture" of what
> was going on with the monarch population yesturday
> in southern Minnesota right in the heart of the GM crop
> growing region
> 
> http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/mastertech/trub.jpg
> 
> http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/mastertech/trua.jpg
> 
> More pictures tomorrow.
> 
> Paul Cherubini
> El Dorado, Calif.
> 
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