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MCSP Monarch and Plant Monitoring - SAS Output Summarizing 2017 Immature Monarch Butterfly and Plant Abundance from SOP 3 Data

Published by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Department of the Interior | Metadata Last Checked: January 25, 2026 | Last Modified: 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z
Output from programming code written to summarize immature monarch butterfly, milkweed and nectar plant abundance from monitoring data acquired using a grid of 1 square-meter quadrats at custom 2017 GRTS draw sites within select monitoring areas (see SOP 3 in ServCat reference 103368 for methods) of FWS Legacy Regions 2 and 3. Areas monitored included Balcones Canyonlands (TX), Hagerman (TX), Washita (OK), Neal Smith (IA), Necedah (WI) NWRs and several locations near the town of Lamoni, Iowa and northern Missouri. Input data file is named 'FWS_2017_MonMonSOP3DS1_forSAS.csv' and is stored in ServCat reference 137700. See SM 5 (ServCat reference 103388) for dictionary of data fields in the input data file.

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