Overwintering of the Monarch Butterfly in Mexico
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Overwintering of the Monarch Butterfly in Mexico
Overwintering of the Monarch Butterfly in Mexico Rendon-Salinas, E; Adriana Valera-Bermejo; Servando Rodriguez-Mejia; Anuar Martinez-Pacheco and O. Vidal-Pinzon Introduction: The Monarch Region and the Reserve Introduction: Conservation of the Monarch Habitat Cerro Altamirano Introduction Sierra Chincua •Two states Michoacan •10 municipalities •100 agrarian properties • Ejidos • Indigenous communities • Small private properties Core zone: 13,551.5 ha Buffer zone: 42,707.5 ha State of Mexico Sierra Campanario Chivatí-Huacal Lomas de Aparicio Cerro Pelon Objectives Determinate the forest surface occupied by colonies in Mexico to establish the annual size of the eastern Monarch population. Determinate the total forest surface occupied by butterflies colonies in Mexico to establish the priority habitat. Method: colonies localization and measurement Time 1 Time 2 a. Azimut angle b. Distance betwen trees a N bb Method: map and estimation of surface occupied 2nd two weeks of november 2008 1st two weeks of december 2008 2nd two weeks of december 2008 1st two weeks of january 2009 2nd two weeks of january 2009 1st two weeks of february 2009 2nd two weeks of february 2009 1st two weeks of march 2009 El Rosario, 2008-2009, Michoacan Result (1): The size of the Monarch population 20 18.18 18 Surface occupied (ha) 16 14 12.61 12 11.12 10 9.35 8.97 7.81 8 7.53 6.87 6.23 5.77 6 5.91 5.55 4.61 5.06 4.02 3.83 4 2.89 2.19 1.92 2 0 19931994 19941995 19951996 19961997 19971998 19981999 19992000 20002001 20012002 20022003 20032004 20042005 20052006 20062007 20072008 20082009 20092010 20102011 20112012 Result (2): The total surface of forest occupied El Rosario, 2008-2009, Michoacan Result (2): The total surface of forest occupied Cerro Altamirano Result (2): The total surface of forest occupied Sierra Chincua Sierra Campanario Result (2): The total surface of forest occupied Chivatí-Huacal Lomas de Aparicio Cerro Pelón Result (2): The total surface of forest occupied Location State State of Mexico Inside the Reserve Michoacan Sanctuary Cerro Pelón* Michoacan 2.184 7.205 E. La Mesa 3.672 Cerro Altamirano Cerro Pelón* Chivati-Huacal Sierra CampanarioΩ E. Contepec E. Nicolás Romero C. I. Carpinteros E. El Rosario E. Cerro Prieto E. El Calabozo Fracción 1 E. Crescencio Morales Total San Mateo Almomoloa San Francisco Oxtotilpan San Antonio Albarranes San Andres Rio de Parras Total 0.384 3.541 3.708 32.104 17.022 3.279 1.89 85.025 6.469 1.137 5.052 2.29 1.899 16.847 Lomas de Aparicio Outside of the Reserve Surface (ha) 2004-2012 10.036 Sierra CampanarioΩ Sierra Chincua State of Mexico Colonies (Agrarian Properties) E. El Capulín E. Mesas Altas de Xoconusco C. I. San Juan Xoconusco Piedra Herrada Cerro del Amparo Palomas Los Azufres Cerro Garnica Conclusions: 1. We must continue with the monitoring program for the overwintering Monarchs in Mexico 2. We have a real big problem with the declining of Monarch population, 3. In the Monarch Reserve; We have a real important information about the habitat use by Monarchs and we´re going to use that to conform the next Management Plan, 4. We need connect all monitoring programs to have a integrated analysis and point of view, 5. WE NEED TO INCLUDES IN OUR PROGRAMS THE ADAPTATIOS TO CLIMATE CHANGE , “THE CLIMATE CHANGE IS NOT AFECTING ONLY TO THE MONARCHS, IT’S AFECTING TO US “THE HUMAN BEING” Thanks!