Monitoring the Fall Migration of Monarch Butterflies
through Sweet Briar College, Amherst County, Virginia

Lincoln P. Brower & Linda S. Fink

These data were collected by Lincoln P. Brower and Linda S. Fink and may not be copied or used in any analysis or publication without our written permission.  The graphs represent the number of butterflies counted during a walking census around the perimeter of two patches of butterfly bush (Buddleia davidii) on the campus of Sweet Briar College, Amherst County, Virginia. Censuses were made between 11am and 3pm, from August through October.

1997 to 2001 SEASONS

Click on a thumbnail to view a graph of the 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, or 2001 data.
Red line = Meta Glass parking lot Buddleia patch Blue line = 'Railroad Station' butterfly research garden

URL: http://nature.sbc.edu/monarchs/fall.html        email: brower@sbc.edu or lfink@sbc.edu

This site is maintained by Professor of Biology Linda S. Fink  (434) 381-6436
Last updated: 8 August 2002
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