tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287155235812695368.post3220517249875969716..comments2023-10-11T11:33:06.466-04:00Comments on Life in Merlin: Leaving HomeForsythiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11842925744413303224noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287155235812695368.post-15067939199273038142016-08-31T07:08:38.184-04:002016-08-31T07:08:38.184-04:00Dear Pipe, Thank you for sending these links. Dear Pipe, Thank you for sending these links. Forsythiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11842925744413303224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287155235812695368.post-11949467189502472332016-08-30T18:51:53.248-04:002016-08-30T18:51:53.248-04:00How very wonderful! I did not realize you had Mon...How very wonderful! I did not realize you had Monarch Butterflies! The migration story about the Monarch is a wonderful story that I use in one of my classes as a way to drive home the point about ecological conservation. It is a mix of the forest density, the canopy height, and the temperature humidity conditions in that over wintering site in Mexico that is so very crucial. There is a famous graphic image showing how the ability of the butterflies to survive the winter is dependent upon the mix of those factors that I stated above. <br /><br />Here is one image of them in an over wintering site: http://arkansasagnews.uark.edu/Monarchs-tree29.jpg<br /><br />Unfortunately, deforestation has had a big impact. Here is one graph showing a decline, but it is stabilizing due to the awareness and decline in deforestation in those regions in Mexico: http://monarchjointventure.org/images/uploads/general/Western_Population_Graph_2015.png <br /><br />Here is a close up view of what their density looks like on an overwintering tree: http://www.learner.org/jnorth/images/graphics/mexico/StormJan2002_0018.jpg<br /><br />I am so very happy for you to have had this success and that you found it very fun and enjoyable! <br /><br />PipeTobaccoPipeTobaccohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17746884792061867611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287155235812695368.post-86798291769958971762016-08-30T16:32:40.749-04:002016-08-30T16:32:40.749-04:00This has been so much fun to watch. Thanks.This has been so much fun to watch. Thanks.PseudoPiskiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12070541512355253553noreply@blogger.com