Improving our science: the evolution of butterfly sampling and surveying methods over time

Mortal combat between ants and caterpillars: an ominous threat to the endangered Schaus swallowtail butterfly (Heraclides aristodemus ponceanus) in the Florida Keys, USA

(2017) Jaeson Clayborn et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION

Modest enhancements to conventional grassland diversity improve the provision of pollination services

(2016) Katherine A. Orford et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Abundance estimates to inform butterfly management: double-observer versus distance sampling

(2016) Erica H. Henry et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION

Nymphalidae frugívoras (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) asociadas a un ecomosaico agropecuario y de bosque tropical lluvioso en un paisaje del sureste de México

(2016) Noel Antonio González-Valdivia et al.   Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad

Butterfly communities under threat

(2016) Jeremy A. Thomas   SCIENCE

Preliminary Checklist and State of Conservation of Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) of the Caldera de Lubá, Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea

(2015) I. Martín   AFRICAN ENTOMOLOGY

‘Random-flight’ dispersal in tropical fruit-feeding butterflies? High mobility, long lifespans and no home ranges

(2015) NICHOLAS C. MARCHANT et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Butterfly diversity along the elevation gradient of Eastern Himalaya, India

(2015) Bhoj Kumar Acharya et al.   ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Dynamic Models for Longitudinal Butterfly Data

(2015) Emily B. Dennis et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL STATISTICS

FORUM: Ecologists need robust survey designs, sampling and analytical methods

(2015) Matt W. Hayward et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Science, statistics and surveys: a herpetological perspective

(2015) Richard A. Griffiths et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Population ecology of a California endemic: Speyeria adiaste clemencei

(2015) Khuram Zaman et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION

Revealing hidden species distribution with pheromones: the case of Synanthedon vespiformis (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) in Sweden

(2015) Joseph Burman et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION

Point-count methods to monitor butterfly populations when traditional methods fail: a case study with Miami blue butterfly

(2015) Erica H. Henry et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION

Opinion: To feed the world in 2050 will require a global revolution

(2015) Paul R. Ehrlich et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Non-bee insects are important contributors to global crop pollination

(2015) Romina Rader et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Butterfly diversity, habitat and vegetation usage in Hong Kong urban parks

(2015) Kin Chung Tam et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Making sense of a prairie butterfly paradox: The effects of grazing, time since fire, and sampling period on regal fritillary abundance

(2014) Raymond A. Moranz et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Fragmentation genetics of the grassland butterfly Polyommatus coridon: Stable genetic diversity or extinction debt?

(2014) Jan Christian Habel et al.   CONSERVATION GENETICS

Monitoring abundance and phenology in (multivoltine) butterfly species: a novel mixture model

(2014) Eleni Matechou et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Plot-based butterfly surveys: statistical and methodological aspects

(2014) Sönke Hardersen et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION

Comparison of butterfly communities and abundances between marginal grasslands and conservation lands in the eastern Great Plains

(2014) Yasmine A. Farhat et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION

Comparison of trends in butterfly populations between monitoring schemes

(2014) D. B. Roy et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION

Evaluating the effects of landscape configuration on site occupancy and movement dynamics of odonates in Iowa

(2014) Tyler M. Harms et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION

Accounting for Imperfect Detection in Ecology: A Quantitative Review

(2014) Kenneth F. Kellner et al.   PLoS One

Estimating abundance of the federally endangered Mitchell's satyr butterfly using hierarchical distance sampling

(2013) Christopher A. Hamm   Insect Conservation and Diversity

Opportunistic citizen science data of animal species produce reliable estimates of distribution trends if analysed with occupancy models

(2013) Arco J. van Strien et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Indexing butterfly abundance whilst accounting for missing counts and variability in seasonal pattern

(2013) Emily B. Dennis et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Untangling the effects of fire, grazing, and land-use legacies on grassland butterfly communities

(2012) Raymond A. Moranz et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Detecting Insect Pollinator Declines on Regional and Global Scales

(2012) Gretchen Lebuhn et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Biodiversity loss and its impact on humanity

(2012) Bradley J. Cardinale et al.   NATURE

Insect population curves: modelling and application to butterfly transect data

(2012) Richard L. Soulsby et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Optimal design of butterfly occupancy surveys and testing if occupancy converts to abundance for sparse populations

(2011) Jason T. Bried et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION

Timed surveys and transect walks as comparable methods for monitoring butterflies in small plots

(2011) Tomas Kadlec et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION

Distance sampling and the challenge of monitoring butterfly populations

(2011) Nick J. B. Isaac et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Dispersal Behavior and Its Implications for Reserve Design in a Rare Oregon Butterfly

(2010) Cheryl B. Schultz   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

The development of butterfly indicators in the United Kingdom and assessments in 2010

(2010) T. Brereton et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION

Declines of prairie butterflies in the midwestern USA

(2010) Scott R. Swengel et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION

Global pollinator declines: trends, impacts and drivers

(2010) Simon G. Potts et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Ecosystem services across borders: a framework for transboundary conservation policy

(2009) Laura López-Hoffman et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Evaluating the impact of non-lethal DNA sampling on two butterflies, Vanessa cardui and Satyrodes eurydice

(2009) Christopher A. Hamm et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION

Population size and conservation of the last eastern remnants of the regal fritillary, Speyeria idalia (Drury) [Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae]; implications for temperate grassland restoration

(2009) Betty Ferster et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION

Successful Conservation of a ThreatenedMaculineaButterfly

(2009) J. A. Thomas et al.   SCIENCE

Butterfly monitoring in Europe: methods, applications and perspectives

(2008) Chris A. M. van Swaay et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Determining Optimal Population Monitoring for Rare Butterflies

(2008) NICK M. HADDAD et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

IJEE Soapbox: Charismatic Mesofauna: Butterflies as Inspiration and Test for Theory That Integrates Ecology and Evolution

(2008) Robert D. Holt   Israel Journal of Ecology & Evolution

Butterfly Monitoring Methods: The ideal and the Real World

(2008) Piotr Nowicki et al.   Israel Journal of Ecology & Evolution

How you count counts: the importance of methods research in applied ecology

(2008) Chris S. Elphick   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY