Monarchs and Monoculture in southern Michigan

[Paul Cherubini]

Ed Reinertsen wrote:
> 
> 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

Wow, great job Ed! Everyone can see at a glance there was no
fundamental change in the tag recovery data after 2001 (after
the year when transgenic corn and soybeans.had become the 
dominant crops grown in the upper Midwest) as compared to 
before 2001.

Paul Cherubini
El Dorado, Calif.

 
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