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Few other species capture the imagination and provide fodder for knowledge and innovation like the monarch. Monarchs in a Changing World is a beautiful illustration of both. -Jessica Hellmann, University of Notre Dame Monarchs in a Changing World summarizes work that reinforces, extends, and ameliorates our understanding of the biology of the monarch butterfly, with a particular focus on key research, conservation, and outreach efforts that aim to preserve this species, its range and habitats, and its awe-inspiring long-distance migration in eastern North America. This book presents a variety of interesting and thought-provoking topics to readers. They range from studies on the population dynamics and ecology of monarchs in different areas around the globe to current and ongoing conservation and management efforts that span personal, local, state, national, and international boundaries. This book will serve as the key resource for those people interested in using monarch butterflies as a model organism in citizen science, science literacy, and environmental education programs. -Steven M. Reppert, MD, Distinguished Professor of Neurobiology and Higgins Family Professor of Neuroscience, University of Massachusetts Medical School

Monarch butterflies, by being so familiar to so many, provide an immediate connection between readers and research. That connection can overcome the small patches of difficult prose. With 926 citations of scientific papers and a 463-entry index, this book will help advance thework of established researchers and give others an awareness of the breadth and limits of the knowledge of the monarch butterfly. -G.C. Stevens,Choice(November 2015) Few other species capture the imagination and provide fodder for knowledge and innovation like the monarch. Monarchs in a Changing World is a beautiful illustration of both. -Jessica Hellmann, University of Notre Dame Monarchs in a Changing World summarizes work that reinforces, extends, and ameliorates our understanding of the biology of the monarch butterfly, with a particular focus on key research, conservation, and outreach efforts that aim to preserve this species, its range and habitats, and its awe-inspiring long-distance migration in eastern North America. This book presents a variety of interesting and thought-provoking topics to readers. They range from studies on the population dynamics and ecology of monarchs in different areas around the globe to current and ongoing conservation and management efforts that span personal, local, state, national, and international boundaries. This book will serve as the key resource for those people interested in using monarch butterflies as a model organism in citizen science, science literacy, and environmental education programs. -Steven M. Reppert, MD, Distinguished Professor of Neurobiology and Higgins Family Professor of Neuroscience, University of Massachusetts Medical School

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Karen S. Oberhauser is a Professor in the Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology at the University of Minnesota. She is coeditor of Monarchs in a Changing World: Biology and Conservation of an Iconic Butterfly and The Monarch Butterfly: Biology and Conservation, both from Cornell. Kelly R. Nail is a PhD candidate in the Conservation Biology Program at the University of Minnesota. Sonia Altizer is Professor and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at the Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia. She is coauthor of Infectious Diseases in Primates: Behavior, Ecology and Evolution.

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